Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
HESPOS & PORCO LLP shows a resolved allowance rate pct of 94.65 across 4867 career applications. This work is performed in the Chemistry & Materials technology area, where the firm currently manages 2 pending office actions.
The firm reaches allowance with an avg office actions per allowance of 2.36. This metric indicates the path to grant for applications filed in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 only | 1 (17%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 2 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOUNIS, LAERT | 1 | 67.8% | +20.7% |
| DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN | 1 | 1.7% | +4.7% |
| KNUTSON, JACOB D | 1 | 79.6% | +20.5% |
| VO, HAI | 1 | 57.1% | +72.4% |
| WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B | 1 | 54.0% | +34.8% |
| BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR | 1 | 42.9% | +53.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19207689 | CROWD-SOURCED VENUE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN | — |
| 18705542 | FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR A BICYCLE WHICH IS DRIVINGLY SUPPORTRD BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B | — |
| 18520289 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING LEAKAGE CURRENTS IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER CONVERTER | BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19398848 | COMPONENT OF AN EXHAUST SYSTEM REPLACING A PARTICULATE FILTER | DOUNIS, LAERT | — |
| 18872821 | BICYCLE BOTTOM BRACKET ASSEMBLY | KNUTSON, JACOB D | — |
| 18933065 | COMPOSITIONS FOR MANUFACTURING FOOTWARE STIFFENERS | VO, HAI | — |
| 18705542 | FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR A BICYCLE WHICH IS DRIVINGLY SUPPORTRD BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B | — |
| 18520289 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING LEAKAGE CURRENTS IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER CONVERTER | BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Porsche | 2 |
| Capristo Automotive GmbH | 1 |
| Jlasalle Enterprises LLC | 1 |
| Stanbee Company, Inc. | 1 |
| Fraunhofer | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3611 | 2 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19398848 | COMPONENT OF AN EXHAUST SYSTEM REPLACING A PARTICULATE FILTER | Capristo Automotive GmbH | DOUNIS, LAERT | 3746 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2025 |
| 19207689 | CROWD-SOURCED VENUE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | Jlasalle Enterprises LLC | DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 | |
| 18872821 | BICYCLE BOTTOM BRACKET ASSEMBLY | Porsche Ebike Performance GmbH | KNUTSON, JACOB D | 3611 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2024 |
| 18933065 | COMPOSITIONS FOR MANUFACTURING FOOTWARE STIFFENERS | Stanbee Company, Inc. | VO, HAI | 1788 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18705542 | FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR A BICYCLE WHICH IS DRIVINGLY SUPPORTRD BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | Porsche Ebike Performance GmbH | WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B | 3611 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2024 |
| 18520289 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING LEAKAGE CURRENTS IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER CONVERTER | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
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