Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
28 pending office actions • 24 clients • 28 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
FERGUSON CASE ORR PATERSON LLP has a history of 1034 career applications, with a focus on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm achieves a resolved allowance rate of 87.96 percent, indicating success in obtaining patent grants. Efficiency is a key characteristic of their practice, as shown by the average of 2.04 office actions per allowance, which suggests a streamlined prosecution path.
Currently, the firm is managing 22 pending office actions. This active workload is part of a broader portfolio that includes 1034 career applications. The 87.96 percent allowance rate and the 2.04 average office actions per allowance highlight the firm's ability to secure intellectual property rights effectively. These metrics provide a clear performance standard for the firm's work in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area and offer insight into their operational consistency.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 | 10 (36%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| §112 only | 5 (18%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WIECHERT, QIAWEN W | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| OSWECKI, ELIZABETH J | 1 | 97.2% | +1.5% |
| LEE, ANGELA J | 1 | 96.9% | -2.3% |
| SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 1 | 51.5% | +12.1% |
| SUE-AKO, ANDREW B. | 1 | 71.4% | +27.7% |
| DHAKAL, BICKEY | 1 | 84.3% | +16.4% |
| GOLOVAN, MARK | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| CALABRESE, MARY ANN | 1 | 84.2% | +4.0% |
| FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 1 | 63.4% | +73.3% |
| MARTINEZ, VANESSA | 1 | 97.8% | -6.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35522801 | Chandelier | MARTINEZ, VANESSA | 92d overdue |
| 35527356 | Seat part of chairs | WIECHERT, QIAWEN W | — |
| 35527083 | Shoe | OSWECKI, ELIZABETH J | — |
| 35527012 | Floor lamp | LEE, ANGELA J | — |
| 35523490 | Table | CALABRESE, MARY ANN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17264513 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A BRASS BILLET WITH REDUCED LEAD CONTENT AND THE BILLET THUS OBTAINED | WALKER, KEITH D | 9d |
| 18605582 | MULTI-BALL DEVICE FOR PITCHING TRAINING | ARYANPOUR, MITRA | 22d |
| 18836328 | VACUUM INSULATION BOX | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | — |
| 19183226 | FLEXIBLE AND ERGONOMIC DEPLOYABLE CHAIR | SUE-AKO, ANDREW B. | — |
| 18881509 | ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR FAIL OPERATIONAL SENSING SYSTEM BASED ON TWO ANGULAR SENSORS | DHAKAL, BICKEY | — |
| 18856260 | SYRINGE ASSEMBLY WITH MARKING ON PLUNGER FOR DOSING | GOLOVAN, MARK | — |
| 18854497 | HOOKING DEVICE FOR PANELS OF PIECES OF FURNITURE | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | — |
| 18634017 | TORQUE-LIMITING SLIP-CLUTCH SYSTEM WITH MODULAR DISKS | BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18836328 | VACUUM INSULATION BOX | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | — |
| 19183226 | FLEXIBLE AND ERGONOMIC DEPLOYABLE CHAIR | SUE-AKO, ANDREW B. | — |
| 18881509 | ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR FAIL OPERATIONAL SENSING SYSTEM BASED ON TWO ANGULAR SENSORS | DHAKAL, BICKEY | — |
| 18854497 | HOOKING DEVICE FOR PANELS OF PIECES OF FURNITURE | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2951 | 3 |
| 2931 | 1 |
| 2934 | 1 |
| 2933 | 1 |
| 2964 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 2435 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 3671 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35527356 | Seat part of chairs | Donati S.p.A. | WIECHERT, QIAWEN W | 2951 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2025 |
| 35527083 | Shoe | Golden Goose S.p.A. | OSWECKI, ELIZABETH J | 2951 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2025 |
| 35527012 | Floor lamp | Flos S.p.A. | LEE, ANGELA J | 2951 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 18836328 | VACUUM INSULATION BOX | Temp Chain Company Ltd. | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 | |
| 19183226 | FLEXIBLE AND ERGONOMIC DEPLOYABLE CHAIR | Posted Up LLC | SUE-AKO, ANDREW B. | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 | |
| 18881509 | ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR FAIL OPERATIONAL SENSING SYSTEM BASED ON TWO ANGULAR SENSORS | Société Anonyme Belge De Constructions Aéronautiques, S.A.B.C.A. | DHAKAL, BICKEY | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 | |
| 18856260 | SYRINGE ASSEMBLY WITH MARKING ON PLUNGER FOR DOSING | Sjj Solutions B.V. | GOLOVAN, MARK | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| 35523490 | Table | Unifor S.p.A. | CALABRESE, MARY ANN | 2931 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18854497 | HOOKING DEVICE FOR PANELS OF PIECES OF FURNITURE | Arturo Salice S.P.A | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 | |
| 35522801 | Chandelier | Giopato & Coombes S.r.l. | MARTINEZ, VANESSA | 2934 | §112 | Final Rejection | 92d overdue | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 35522690 | Table lamp | Flos S.p.A. | DODSON, CHRISTINA MARIE | 2933 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 53d overdue | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 35522927 | Platform enclosure for elevators and hoists | Takler S.r.l. | BENDEL, CARSON JEAN | 2964 | §112 | Final Rejection | 77d overdue | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18714150 | TRAINING SYSTEM | Fabbrica D'Armi Pietro Beretta S.p.A. | EGLOFF, PETER RICHARD | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18676422 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK TRAFFIC FINGERPRINTING AND ASSOCIATED SECURITY ACTIONS | Foxio, LLC | CHOY, KA SHAN | 2435 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18711816 | SEALING SYSTEM FOR MECHANICAL MEMBERS | Development Service S.r.l. | KONERU, LAKSHMI S | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18667333 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR AIR QUALITY MONITORING | Synthetik Applied Technologies, LLC | ALLEN, ANDRE J | 2855 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18708078 | COLD SCARIFICATION AND RECYCLING ASSEMBLY FOR RESTORING A ROAD PAVEMENT, METHODS FOR RESTORING A ROAD SURFACE WITH SUCH ASSEMBLY AND USE OF A MIXTURE OF BITUMEN OR A MIXTURE CONTAINING A HYDROCARBON BINDING AGENT IN SUCH ASSEMBLY | Simex Engineering S.R.I. | RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE | 3671 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18706500 | RETRACTOR DEVICE | Goebal Schneid - Und Wickelsysteme GmbH | RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ | 3654 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18634017 | TORQUE-LIMITING SLIP-CLUTCH SYSTEM WITH MODULAR DISKS | Eca Medical Instruments, Inc. | BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | 3679 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 35520845 | Toothpaste dispenser with transparent cap | Guala Dispensing S.p.A. | MORRIS, KATHERINE ELIZABETH | 2923 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18605582 | MULTI-BALL DEVICE FOR PITCHING TRAINING | Paisleys Pitching LLC | ARYANPOUR, MITRA | 3711 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18682094 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FIXING PROFILE ELEMENTS OF WALK-IN CLOSETS AND FURNITURE IN GENERAL TO A SUPPORT WALL | Arturo Salice S.p.A. | GUAN, GUANG H | 3631 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18681438 | DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY CONTROLLING A MARK OR A DEFECT ON A CABLE OR AN EXTRUDED BODY OF GREAT LENGHT, CONTROL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD | Lasertecno S.r.l. | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 2896 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18556339 | TANK BASE FOR A PRESSURE CONTAINER | Rattiinox S.r.l. | SORKIN, DAVID L | 1774 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18134253 | WORK STATION | Unifor S.p.A. | AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL | 3637 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 17924098 | SWAB FOR TAKING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES AND METHOD FOR MAKING SUCH A SWAB | Vacutest Kima S.r.l. | FLYNN, TIMOTHY LEE | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2022 |
| 17707844 | LOCKING FORCEPS DEVICE | Eca Medical Instruments, Inc. | HO, TAN-UYEN THI | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2022 |
| 17264513 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A BRASS BILLET WITH REDUCED LEAD CONTENT AND THE BILLET THUS OBTAINED | A.L.M.A.G. S.p.A. Azienda Lavorazioni Metallurgiche Ed Affini Gnutti | WALKER, KEITH D | 1735 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jan 29, 2021 |
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