Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days
Eastman IP operates as a patent law firm with a focus on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has managed 739 career applications, indicating a specialized practice in this technical field. It maintains a resolved allowance rate of 81.54 percent, demonstrating a solid track record of successful patent acquisitions. This performance metric is a key indicator of its effectiveness in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. The firm's prosecution history provides a clear data set for prospective clients.
The firm currently handles 5 pending office actions. Its average of 2.98 office actions per allowance reflects the typical level of engagement required with patent examiners. This figure, combined with the 81.54 percent allowance rate, provides a clear picture of the firm's prosecution strategy. Practitioners can use the 739 career applications and the 2.98 average office actions per allowance to evaluate the firm's operational results and prosecution intensity. These statistics offer a transparent view of the firm's work in its primary technology area.
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.
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.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOTTER, KIP T | 3 | 67.9% | +21.4% |
| CRAWLEY, TALIA F | 1 | 48.4% | +25.3% |
| LIEUWEN, CODY J | 1 | 59.8% | +46.0% |
| PAIK, SANG YEOP | 1 | 65.5% | +16.3% |
| RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | 1 | 58.6% | +59.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18667425 | CONSOLIDATED AERIAL HIGH CAPACITY FOAM FIREFIGHTING SYSTEM | LIEUWEN, CODY J | 24d overdue |
| 18486109 | ELECTRIC FLAME CIRCUIT AND STOVE | PAIK, SANG YEOP | — |
| 16915815 | Lightweight Wheel with High Strength Flexible Spokes | KOTTER, KIP T | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| SPINERGY INC. | 3 |
| Itsware Inc. | 1 |
| Western States Fire, Inc. | 1 |
| Serrano Stove LLC | 1 |
| FJF Enterprises | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 3 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | §102§103§112Other | 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 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 | |
| 18357922 | Towel Quick Connector Cleaning Wand | Fjf Enterprises, LLC | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | 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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