Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 4 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP - Chicago focuses on the Communications technology area. The firm has a total of 3130 career applications and a resolved allowance rate of 82.11 percent. Prosecution involves an average of 3.37 office actions per allowance.
There are 5 pending office actions currently being managed by the firm. The 82.11 percent allowance rate and 3.37 average office actions per allowance are key indicators of the firm's prosecution style. With 3130 career applications, the firm brings a large volume of experience to its communications-focused practice. This historical performance provides a clear picture of the firm's capabilities, which continues with the 5 pending office actions currently on its docket. Practitioners can evaluate the 82.11 percent allowance rate as a consistent measure of success across the firm's 3130 career applications in the communications sector.
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 | 3 (60%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | 1 | 45.3% | +37.8% |
| CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS | 1 | 36.7% | +16.1% |
| COFINO, JONATHAN M | 1 | 63.0% | +31.9% |
| KAUR, JASPREET | 1 | 77.8% | +37.5% |
| WEILAND, HANS R. | 1 | 55.7% | +13.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18562453 | APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH DYNAMIC INTERFACE FOR MECHANICAL, SELECTIVE WEED CONTROL IN CROPS INCLUDING TURFGRASSES | CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS | 100d overdue |
| 18658013 | SILANE TREATED ANHYDROUS KAOLIN AND OTHER MINERALS | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18562453 | APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH DYNAMIC INTERFACE FOR MECHANICAL, SELECTIVE WEED CONTROL IN CROPS INCLUDING TURFGRASSES | CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS | 100d overdue |
| 17315327 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY DESALINATION | WEILAND, HANS R. | 99d overdue |
| 18014999 | VISUALIZING THE APPEARANCE OF AT LEAST TWO MATERIALS | COFINO, JONATHAN M | 73d overdue |
| 18658013 | SILANE TREATED ANHYDROUS KAOLIN AND OTHER MINERALS | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | — |
| 17986609 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INVESTIGATING VISUAL PROPERTIES OF A SAMPLE SURFACE HAVING DEFECTS | KAUR, JASPREET | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Danaher | 2 |
| Burgess Pigment Company | 1 |
| SWARD LLC | 1 |
| Sylvan Source, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1731 | 1 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| 2614 | 1 |
| 2662 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18658013 | SILANE TREATED ANHYDROUS KAOLIN AND OTHER MINERALS | Burgess Pigment Company | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18562453 | APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH DYNAMIC INTERFACE FOR MECHANICAL, SELECTIVE WEED CONTROL IN CROPS INCLUDING TURFGRASSES | Sward LLC | CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS | 3642 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 100d overdue | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18014999 | VISUALIZING THE APPEARANCE OF AT LEAST TWO MATERIALS | X-Rite Europe GmbH | COFINO, JONATHAN M | 2614 | §103 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
| 17986609 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INVESTIGATING VISUAL PROPERTIES OF A SAMPLE SURFACE HAVING DEFECTS | X-Rite Europe GmbH | KAUR, JASPREET | 2662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2022 |
| 17315327 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY DESALINATION | Sylvan Source, Inc. | WEILAND, HANS R. | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 99d overdue | Pending | May 09, 2021 |
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