Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Harness Dickey (Stanley B&D)

8 pending office actions • 3 clients • 8 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
8
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (88%)
§102 only1 (12%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MORGAN, EMILY M 1 35.5% +33.0%
GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 1 58.9% +22.9%
TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 1 63.1% +44.1%
WEEKS, GLORIA R 1 70.2% +12.0%
LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1 72.0% +20.9%
WONG, JOCK M 1 34.9% +45.3%
SAETHER, FLEMMING 1 64.9% +28.4%
MAGAR, DIL KUMAR 1 56.2% +18.1%

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18654138 METHOD OF PRODUCING A RIVETED JOINT TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 44d overdue
17206209 SELF-PIERCING RIVET MAGAR, DIL KUMAR 44d overdue
18693729 POWERED FASTENING TOOL INCLUDING DRIVER RETURN SYSTEM AND DRIVER RETENTION SYSTEM LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 8d overdue
18732232 Tube Clamp Configured To Be Mounted To Stud On Panel Or In Hole In Panel GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 2d overdue
18133859 SERVICEABLE STUD AND GROMMET ASSEMBLY WITH LOW INSTALLATION EFFORT AND HIGH EXTRACTION FORCE SAETHER, FLEMMING 8d
18631175 OSCILLATING TOOL WEEKS, GLORIA R 14d
18482442 FASTENER ASSEMBLY WONG, JOCK M 22d
19020298 Adjustable Closure Bumper Including Locking Nut MORGAN, EMILY M 56d

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36753
37312
36771
36321
37261

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19020298 Adjustable Closure Bumper Including Locking Nut Newfrey LLC MORGAN, EMILY M 3677 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jan 14, 2025
18732232 Tube Clamp Configured To Be Mounted To Stud On Panel Or In Hole In Panel Newfrey LLC GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2024
18654138 METHOD OF PRODUCING A RIVETED JOINT Newfrey LLC TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 3726 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending May 03, 2024
18631175 OSCILLATING TOOL BLACK & DECKER, INC. WEEKS, GLORIA R 3731 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 10, 2024
18693729 POWERED FASTENING TOOL INCLUDING DRIVER RETURN SYSTEM AND DRIVER RETENTION SYSTEM BLACK & DECKER, INC. LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18482442 FASTENER ASSEMBLY Infastech Intellectual Properties Pte. Ltd. WONG, JOCK M 3675 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18133859 SERVICEABLE STUD AND GROMMET ASSEMBLY WITH LOW INSTALLATION EFFORT AND HIGH EXTRACTION FORCE Newfrey LLC SAETHER, FLEMMING 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Apr 12, 2023
17206209 SELF-PIERCING RIVET Newfrey LLC MAGAR, DIL KUMAR 3675 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Mar 19, 2021

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