Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
12 pending office actions • 2 clients • 12 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 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. 12 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 (83%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARK, DARREN W | 1 | 56.1% | +64.4% |
| NGUYEN, UYEN T | 1 | 39.2% | +38.3% |
| RODRIGUEZ MOLINA, MARCOS JAVIER | 1 | 52.7% | +23.7% |
| WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 1 | 30.0% | +82.4% |
| SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | 1 | 2.2% | -2.8% |
| CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN | 1 | 62.2% | -17.0% |
| NGUYEN, SON T | 1 | 28.9% | +16.7% |
| ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER | 1 | 57.1% | +34.0% |
| BREWSTER, HAYDEN R | 1 | 61.9% | +48.4% |
| LI, CHANGQING | 1 | 30.0% | +34.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18120061 | TOOTHED PET GROOMING TOOL WITH FUR EJECTING MECHANISM | NGUYEN, SON T | 98d overdue |
| 18260590 | PET CHEW FORMULATION AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME | SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | 77d overdue |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18004616 | INTERACTIVE ACTIVE ROPE PET CHEW AND METHODS OF MAKING | LI, CHANGQING | 146d overdue |
| 18181781 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR WEED AND GRASS CONTROL | ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER | 121d overdue |
| 18120061 | TOOTHED PET GROOMING TOOL WITH FUR EJECTING MECHANISM | NGUYEN, SON T | 98d overdue |
| 18886441 | AUTOMATED SELF-CLEANING LITTER BOX HAVING DISPOSIBLE RECEPTICLE AND METHODS | RODRIGUEZ MOLINA, MARCOS JAVIER | 79d overdue |
| 18579120 | ELECTRIC HAIR GROOMING APPLIANCE INCLUDING PIVOT ASSEMBLY | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 32d overdue |
| 19017354 | INSECT TRAP | ARK, DARREN W | 18d overdue |
| 18017044 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AQUARIUM WATER | BREWSTER, HAYDEN R | 9d |
| 18999769 | HYBRID STEAMER IRON ASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 29d |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Spectrum Brands, Inc. | 10 |
| United Industries Corporation | 2 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 3 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| 3732 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 1711 | 1 |
| 3643 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19017354 | INSECT TRAP | United Industries Corporation | ARK, DARREN W | 3647 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18999769 | HYBRID STEAMER IRON ASSEMBLY | Spectrum Brands, Inc. | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 3732 | Other | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18886441 | AUTOMATED SELF-CLEANING LITTER BOX HAVING DISPOSIBLE RECEPTICLE AND METHODS | Spectrum Brands, Inc. | RODRIGUEZ MOLINA, MARCOS JAVIER | 3735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 79d overdue | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18579120 | ELECTRIC HAIR GROOMING APPLIANCE INCLUDING PIVOT ASSEMBLY | Spectrum Brands, Inc. | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 3724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 32d overdue | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18260590 | PET CHEW FORMULATION AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME | Spectrum Brands, Inc. | SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 77d overdue | Pending | Jul 06, 2023 |
| 18029301 | EASY CLEAN CONTACT GRILL | Spectrum Brands, Inc. | CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN | 1711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 107d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
| 18120061 | TOOTHED PET GROOMING TOOL WITH FUR EJECTING MECHANISM | Spectrum Brands, Inc. | NGUYEN, SON T | 3643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 98d overdue | Pending | Mar 10, 2023 |
| 18181781 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR WEED AND GRASS CONTROL | United Industries Corporation | ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER | 1612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 121d overdue | Pending | Mar 10, 2023 |
| 18017044 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AQUARIUM WATER | Spectrum Brands, Inc. | BREWSTER, HAYDEN R | 1779 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jan 19, 2023 |
| 18004616 | INTERACTIVE ACTIVE ROPE PET CHEW AND METHODS OF MAKING | Spectrum Brands, Inc. | LI, CHANGQING | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 146d overdue | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
| 17705002 | WIRELESSLY OPERABLE COOKING APPLIANCE | Spectrum Brands, Inc. | TRAN, THIEN S | 3761 | Other | Non-Final OA | 154d overdue | Pending | Mar 25, 2022 |
| 17634824 | SOFT STUFFED PET TREAT | Spectrum Brands, Inc. | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 111d overdue | Pending | Feb 11, 2022 |
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