Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 4 clients • 4 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
HAMILTON IP LAW, PC operates in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm has 715 career applications. A resolved allowance rate of 82.27 percent has been achieved across these matters. On average, the firm receives 2.64 office actions per allowance. There are currently 3 pending office actions requiring responses.
The 2.64 average office actions per allowance provides a benchmark for the expected duration of prosecution. Practitioners can compare the pending office actions to this average to estimate future workload. The 82.27 percent resolved allowance rate indicates the historical probability of success for applications that reach a final resolution. With 715 career applications, the firm has a documented history in Chemistry & Materials. These 3 pending office actions represent the current focus of the firm's prosecution efforts. The relationship between the average office actions and the allowance rate defines the firm's prosecution profile. This historical data provides a basis for understanding the firm's typical prosecution cycle.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 2 | 36.0% | +34.8% |
| KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 1 | 76.6% | +21.2% |
| TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1 | 63.2% | +27.0% |
| JOERGER, KAITLIN S | 1 | 86.5% | +11.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18657756 | Joint Seal System & Method | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 71d overdue |
| 18220810 | Method For Producing A High Protein Food | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 46d overdue |
| 18427815 | Enclosed Boat Trailer | JOERGER, KAITLIN S | 8d |
| 17677798 | FORTIFIED HIGH PROTEIN FOOD & PRODUCTION METHOD | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18657756 | Joint Seal System & Method | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 71d overdue |
| 18220810 | Method For Producing A High Protein Food | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 46d overdue |
| 18427815 | Enclosed Boat Trailer | JOERGER, KAITLIN S | 8d |
| 19012839 | Hammer | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | — |
| 17677798 | FORTIFIED HIGH PROTEIN FOOD & PRODUCTION METHOD | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Erie Group International, Inc. | 2 |
| Genesis Iii, Inc. | 1 |
| The Schebler Co. | 1 |
| Shield Boat Trailers, LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 2 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19012839 | Hammer | Genesis Iii, Inc. | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 | |
| 18657756 | Joint Seal System & Method | The Schebler Co. | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1745 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 71d overdue | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18427815 | Enclosed Boat Trailer | Shield Boat Trailers, LLC | JOERGER, KAITLIN S | 3655 | §101§112Other | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18220810 | Method For Producing A High Protein Food | Erie Group International, Inc. | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 17677798 | FORTIFIED HIGH PROTEIN FOOD & PRODUCTION METHOD | Erie Group International, Inc. | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2022 |
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