Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Eastman Ip

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

7 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Eastman IP works in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and has 7 pending office actions across 741 career applications. The figures indicate a focused current workload within a recorded prosecution portfolio.

The resolved allowance rate is 81.33%, and allowed matters average 2.97 office actions per allowance. Resolved matters show a meaningful allowance outcome, while successful cases generally involve several examination exchanges. This profile can help practitioners anticipate continued claim and argument development in transportation and mechanical systems matters.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=741 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.3%
Allowance Rate
n=741
+0.43σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=741
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=405
-0.30σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=405
922 days
Time to Allowance
n=405
+11.9pp
Interview Lift
n=741
21.5%
RCE Rate
n=741
0.2%
Appeal Rate
n=741

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

61.5%
§101 Overcome
n=39
68.2%
§102 Overcome
n=154
75.7%
§103 Overcome
n=263
81.4%
§112 Overcome
n=215

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, F42B
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=741
1
Practitioners
n=741
741.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=741

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (29%)
4
Medium (57%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (29%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting + other2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KOTTER, KIP T 3 67.8% +21.5%
CRAWLEY, TALIA F 1 48.5% +25.1%
LIEUWEN, CODY J 1 59.6% +45.8%
PAIK, SANG YEOP 1 65.5% +16.3%
RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 1 58.7% +59.3%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18486109 ELECTRIC FLAME CIRCUIT AND STOVE PAIK, SANG YEOP —
16915815 Lightweight Wheel with High Strength Flexible Spokes KOTTER, KIP T —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18357922 Towel Quick Connector Cleaning Wand RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 25d overdue
18667425 CONSOLIDATED AERIAL HIGH CAPACITY FOAM FIREFIGHTING SYSTEM LIEUWEN, CODY J 24d overdue
18935524 DYNAMIC INVENTORY TRACKING AND DISPENSING SYSTEM CRAWLEY, TALIA F 84d
19012758 Wheel With Flexible Wide-Body Spokes KOTTER, KIP T —
18588485 Wheel With High Strength Flexible Spokes KOTTER, KIP T —
18486109 ELECTRIC FLAME CIRCUIT AND STOVE PAIK, SANG YEOP —
16915815 Lightweight Wheel with High Strength Flexible Spokes KOTTER, KIP T —

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36153
36271
37521
37611
37231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19012758 Wheel With Flexible Wide-Body Spokes Spinergy Inc. KOTTER, KIP T 3615 §102§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 07, 2025
18935524 DYNAMIC INVENTORY TRACKING AND DISPENSING SYSTEM Itsware Inc. CRAWLEY, TALIA F 3627 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Nov 02, 2024
18667425 CONSOLIDATED AERIAL HIGH CAPACITY FOAM FIREFIGHTING SYSTEM Western States Fire, Inc. LIEUWEN, CODY J 3752 §112DP Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18588485 Wheel With High Strength Flexible Spokes Spinergy Inc. KOTTER, KIP T 3615 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18486109 ELECTRIC FLAME CIRCUIT AND STOVE Serrano Stove LLC PAIK, SANG YEOP 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 12, 2023
18357922 Towel Quick Connector Cleaning Wand Fjf Enterprises, LLC RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2023
16915815 Lightweight Wheel with High Strength Flexible Spokes Spinergy Inc. KOTTER, KIP T 3615 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 29, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Eastman Ip's patent allowance rate?

81.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Eastman Ip were allowed, across 741 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Eastman Ip average before allowance?

2.97 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Eastman Ip have?

7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 5 clients, before 5 examiners in 5 art units.

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