Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 6 clients • 8 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hankin Patent Law, APC operates in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm has 1330 career applications. A resolved allowance rate of 84.69 percent has been achieved across these matters. On average, the firm receives 1.94 office actions per allowance. There are currently 4 pending office actions requiring responses.
The 1.94 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 84.69 percent resolved allowance rate indicates the historical probability of success for applications that reach a final resolution. With 1330 career applications, the firm has a documented history in Chemistry & Materials. These 4 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. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (12%) |
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSWEI, YU-JANG | 1 | 83.6% | +16.0% |
| MINSKEY, JACOB T | 1 | 69.3% | +33.1% |
| HANDVILLE, BRIAN | 1 | 51.4% | +28.9% |
| GRUBY, RANDALL A | 1 | 62.4% | +43.2% |
| GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 1 | 71.8% | +33.1% |
| WILKERSON, JORDAN PATRICK | 1 | — | — |
| SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN | 1 | 80.4% | +26.1% |
| PADUA, NICO LAUREN | 1 | 17.4% | +38.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19082799 | Method for Creating and Controlling Modular Performance Content | TSWEI, YU-JANG | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17805400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND FABRICATING PHYSICAL PRODUCTS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES | PADUA, NICO LAUREN | 103d overdue |
| 18514988 | SYSTEM FOR HARNESSING HEAT GENERATED BY INTENSIVE PROCESSES | SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN | 58d overdue |
| 18783311 | METERED DISPENSING ASSEMBLY | GRUBY, RANDALL A | — |
| 18768751 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION PROVIDING ENHANCED ALCOHOL BARRIER FOR PAPER PACKAGING APPLICATIONS | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | — |
| 18679319 | RESIDENTIAL BATTERY SYSTEM | WILKERSON, JORDAN PATRICK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17805400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND FABRICATING PHYSICAL PRODUCTS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES | PADUA, NICO LAUREN | 103d overdue |
| 18514988 | SYSTEM FOR HARNESSING HEAT GENERATED BY INTENSIVE PROCESSES | SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN | 58d overdue |
| 19082799 | Method for Creating and Controlling Modular Performance Content | TSWEI, YU-JANG | — |
| 19073453 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURES FOR PACKAGING ARTICLES AND RELATED METHODS | MINSKEY, JACOB T | — |
| 18942245 | REPULPABLE AND RECYCLABLE COMPOSITE PACKAGING ARTICLES AND RELATED METHODS | HANDVILLE, BRIAN | — |
| 18783311 | METERED DISPENSING ASSEMBLY | GRUBY, RANDALL A | — |
| 18768751 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION PROVIDING ENHANCED ALCOHOL BARRIER FOR PAPER PACKAGING APPLICATIONS | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Smart Planet Technologies, Inc. | 3 |
| Wavexr, Inc. | 1 |
| Lucas Packaging | 1 |
| Neubau Energy Inc. | 1 |
| Shelby Korpi | 1 |
| Naya Studio, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1783 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| 2835 | 1 |
| 3626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19082799 | Method for Creating and Controlling Modular Performance Content | Wavexr, Inc. | TSWEI, YU-JANG | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| 19073453 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURES FOR PACKAGING ARTICLES AND RELATED METHODS | Smart Planet Technologies, Inc. | MINSKEY, JACOB T | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 | |
| 18942245 | REPULPABLE AND RECYCLABLE COMPOSITE PACKAGING ARTICLES AND RELATED METHODS | Smart Planet Technologies, Inc. | HANDVILLE, BRIAN | 1783 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18783311 | METERED DISPENSING ASSEMBLY | Lucas Packaging Group, Inc. | GRUBY, RANDALL A | 3754 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18768751 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION PROVIDING ENHANCED ALCOHOL BARRIER FOR PAPER PACKAGING APPLICATIONS | Smart Planet Technologies, Inc. | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18679319 | RESIDENTIAL BATTERY SYSTEM | Neubau Energy Inc. | WILKERSON, JORDAN PATRICK | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 | |
| 18514988 | SYSTEM FOR HARNESSING HEAT GENERATED BY INTENSIVE PROCESSES | Shelby Korpi | SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN | 2835 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 58d overdue | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 17805400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND FABRICATING PHYSICAL PRODUCTS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES | Naya Studio, Inc. | PADUA, NICO LAUREN | 3626 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 103d overdue | Pending | Jun 03, 2022 |
IP Author helps law firms respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial