Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 7 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
DEFILLO & ASSOCIATES, INC. is a patent law firm with 1084 career applications. The firm specializes in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. It maintains a resolved allowance rate pct of 82.63. This success is achieved with an avg office actions per allowance of 2.84. The firm currently has 8 pending office actions.
The avg office actions per allowance of 2.84 suggests a prosecution process in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. Securing an allowance in several office actions on average indicates negotiation with examiners. This efficiency supports the 82.63 resolved allowance rate pct, demonstrating a consistent ability to obtain grants for their 1084 career applications. The 8 pending office actions show a focused current workload. These data points reflect a firm that provides results for its clients' intellectual property needs. The firm's 1084 career applications establish its history in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| TULLIA, STEVEN A | 1 | 74.3% | +19.2% |
| RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C | 1 | 89.2% | +9.2% |
| COOK, WILLIAM J | 1 | 86.2% | +11.0% |
| KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 1 | 76.6% | +21.2% |
| JAUHARI, SACHI | 1 | 60.0% | +80.0% |
| KONVES, ADRIANNA N | 1 | 76.2% | +14.8% |
| REINERT, JONATHAN E | 1 | 86.9% | +2.8% |
| TATESURE, VINCENT | 1 | 44.9% | +31.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18255135 | DRIVING EMULATION APPARATUS | REINERT, JONATHAN E | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722019 | MECHANICAL DRIVE CONNECTION FOR DRIVING A SHAFT IN ROTATION BY TRANSMISSION UNDER TENSION | COOK, WILLIAM J | 38d overdue |
| 18870826 | WIND ROUTERS FOR VERTICAL WIND TURBINES | RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C | 42d |
| 18683276 | TOOL FOR MAKING WOODEN STRAWS AND THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 56d |
| 19166615 | CURVED TWO-SEGMENT FOLDABLE CONNECTING ROD | TULLIA, STEVEN A | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722019 | MECHANICAL DRIVE CONNECTION FOR DRIVING A SHAFT IN ROTATION BY TRANSMISSION UNDER TENSION | COOK, WILLIAM J | 38d overdue |
| 18490806 | TOPICAL COMPOSITION FOR REGULATION OF INFLAMMATION AND SKIN REGENERATION | JAUHARI, SACHI | 12d |
| 18683276 | TOOL FOR MAKING WOODEN STRAWS AND THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 56d |
| 18549017 | INSTALLATION FOR WELDING PARTS MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME | KONVES, ADRIANNA N | 71d |
| 19166615 | CURVED TWO-SEGMENT FOLDABLE CONNECTING ROD | TULLIA, STEVEN A | — |
| 17045202 | SYNTHETIC FIBER WITH ADDITION OF NATURAL MATERIAL AND METHOD OF ITS PRODUCTION | TATESURE, VINCENT | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Latecoere | 2 |
| Technical Airborne Components Industries | 1 |
| Fondacija Mozaik | 1 |
| Damjan Puljic | 1 |
| Glycopep Therapeutics, S.A.S. de C.V. | 1 |
| PARADIGMA S.R.L. | 1 |
| Bjv Research, S.R.O. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 1654 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19166615 | CURVED TWO-SEGMENT FOLDABLE CONNECTING ROD | Technical Airborne Components Industries | TULLIA, STEVEN A | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 18870826 | WIND ROUTERS FOR VERTICAL WIND TURBINES | Fondacija Mozaik | RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C | 3745 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18722019 | MECHANICAL DRIVE CONNECTION FOR DRIVING A SHAFT IN ROTATION BY TRANSMISSION UNDER TENSION | Latecoere | COOK, WILLIAM J | 3618 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 38d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18683276 | TOOL FOR MAKING WOODEN STRAWS AND THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION | Damjan Puljic | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 3725 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18490806 | TOPICAL COMPOSITION FOR REGULATION OF INFLAMMATION AND SKIN REGENERATION | Glycopep Therapeutics, S.A.S. De C.V. | JAUHARI, SACHI | 1654 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18549017 | INSTALLATION FOR WELDING PARTS MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME | Latecoere | KONVES, ADRIANNA N | 1748 | §103 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18255135 | DRIVING EMULATION APPARATUS | Paradigma S.r.l. | REINERT, JONATHAN E | 3668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 17045202 | SYNTHETIC FIBER WITH ADDITION OF NATURAL MATERIAL AND METHOD OF ITS PRODUCTION | Bjv Research, S.R.O. | TATESURE, VINCENT | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2020 |
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