Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

J-Tek Law Pllc

88 pending office actions • 8 clients • 59 examiners • 29 art units • 0 of 88 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 132 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1964 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.4%
Allowance Rate
n=1964
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1964
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=1340
-0.34σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1340
921 days
Time to Allowance
n=1340
+7.7pp
Interview Lift
n=1964
15.0%
RCE Rate
n=1964
3.9%
Appeal Rate
n=1964

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=13 (min 20)
78.9%
§102 Overcome
n=147
81.0%
§103 Overcome
n=822
89.6%
§112 Overcome
n=240

Specialization & Scale

F16C, H02K, B25F
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1964
2
Practitioners
n=1964
982.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1964

Portfolio Summary

88
Total Pending OAs
63
Non-Final OAs
25
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

18
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
6
Due in next 60 days
5
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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (18)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (5)

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%)
54
Medium (61%)
11
Easy (12%)
23
Unknown (26%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only44 (50%)
§102 only10 (11%)
§112 only11 (12%)
No statute on record23 (26%)

Industry Mix

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

13
Life Sciences
15% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
14
Semiconductors
16% of docket
46
Mechanical / Eng
52% of docket
15
Business / Other
17% 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.

880 h
Manual time on pending OAs
176 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
308 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
7.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WAITS, ALAN B 8 68.9% +29.6%
JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 7 81.6% +12.8%
NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 7 79.9% +15.1%
PILKINGTON, JAMES 6 70.0% +35.9%
GUGGER, SEAN A 4 64.5% +23.1%
PATEL, VISHAL A 2 59.0% +22.0%
RUFO, RYAN C 2 59.3% +41.1%
ADJAGBE, MAXIME M 1 84.1% +10.2%
FLORES, JUAN G 1 79.2% +15.0%
PANG, ROGER L 1 89.4% +7.0%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19110967 PLANET-CARRIER PANG, ROGER L 70d overdue
18924386 OPTIMIZED BALL BEARING WITH FEATURES FOR MASS REDUCTION AND IMPROVED LUBRICATION JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 63d
19278813 SPHERICAL ROLLER BEARING HAVING RADIALLY OFFSET CAGE BARS ADJAGBE, MAXIME M
19211378 LOW NOISE COMPOSITE MATERIAL ROLLING BEARING CAGE AND ASSOCIATED ROLLING BEARING UNIT AND METHOD JOHNSON, PHILLIP A

Interview Candidates (38)

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
19058443 RADIAL SHAFT SEALING RING PATEL, VISHAL A 43d overdue
18924350 OPTIMIZED BALL BEARING WITH FEATURES FOR IMPROVED LUBRICATION PILKINGTON, JAMES 42d overdue
18127084 TAPERED ROLLER BEARING AND DIFFERENTIAL GEAR WITH A TAPERED ROLLER BEARING WAITS, ALAN B 38d overdue
17860558 SPHERICAL BEARING HAVING A SWAGED OUTER RING PILKINGTON, JAMES 9d
18266844 MICRO FORM END MILL RUFO, RYAN C 27d
18924386 OPTIMIZED BALL BEARING WITH FEATURES FOR MASS REDUCTION AND IMPROVED LUBRICATION JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 63d
18780929 ROLLER BEARING CAGE PILKINGTON, JAMES 63d
19278820 SPHERICAL ROLLER BEARING FLORES, JUAN G 75d

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
361721
28347
37453
36753
37263
36153
37223
28553
17333
36552

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18959929 Untitled Aktiebolaget SKF PILKINGTON, JAMES Non-Final OA Pending
18959986 Untitled Aktiebolaget SKF PILKINGTON, JAMES Non-Final OA Pending
18960018 Untitled Aktiebolaget SKF JOHNSON, PHILLIP A Non-Final OA Pending
19278813 SPHERICAL ROLLER BEARING HAVING RADIALLY OFFSET CAGE BARS Aktiebolaget SKF ADJAGBE, MAXIME M 3745 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 24, 2025
19278820 SPHERICAL ROLLER BEARING Aktiebolaget SKF FLORES, JUAN G 3745 §112 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jul 24, 2025
19227756 SUSPENSION BEARING UNIT WITH A GASKET Aktiebolaget SKF WAITS, ALAN B 3617 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2025
19218754 STRUT BEARING DEVICE Aktiebolaget SKF JOHNSON, PHILLIP A Other Non-Final OA Pending May 27, 2025
19211378 LOW NOISE COMPOSITE MATERIAL ROLLING BEARING CAGE AND ASSOCIATED ROLLING BEARING UNIT AND METHOD SKF Aerospace France S.A.S JOHNSON, PHILLIP A §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 19, 2025
19079720 STRUT BEARING SKF Japan Ltd. WAITS, ALAN B §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2025
19110967 PLANET-CARRIER Aktiebolaget SKF PANG, ROGER L 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Mar 12, 2025
19077186 BEARING DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL INSULATION, NOTABLY FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR OR MACHINE Aktiebolaget SKF NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2025
19070776 ROLLER BEARING HAVING AN ASYMMETRICAL RACEWAY, IN PARTICULAR FOR A STEERING COLUMN Aktiebolaget SKF JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 3617 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2025
19070815 ROLLING BEARING WITH AXIAL STOPS, IN PARTICULAR FOR A STEERING COLUMN Aktiebolaget SKF WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2025
19068333 BEARING DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL INSULATION, NOTABLY FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR OR MACHINE Aktiebolaget SKF NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 3617 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 03, 2025
19062161 BEARING UNIT WITH RETENTION CAGE Aktiebolaget SKF WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 25, 2025
19062191 BEARING UNIT WITH RETENTION CAGE Aktiebolaget SKF WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 25, 2025
19058443 RADIAL SHAFT SEALING RING Aktiebolaget SKF PATEL, VISHAL A 3675 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2025
19052559 BEARING RING Aktiebolaget SKF WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2025
19049550 SLIDING LAYER FOR FLUID-LUBRICATED PLAIN BEARINGS Aktiebolaget SKF JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 3617 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2025
19024165 POWER TOOL AND IMPACT DRIVER Makita Corporation SEIF, DARIUSH 3731 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
19012131 DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE ELONGATION OF A CHAIN AND ASSOCIATED CONVEYOR AND METHOD Aktiebolaget SKF JORGENSEN, ABBY A §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 07, 2025
18881942 PLANET CARRIER Aktiebolaget SKF KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jan 07, 2025
18975512 BEARING Aktiebolaget SKF NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 3617 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2024
18973454 VACUUM-ADHESION ATTACHMENT FOR POWER TOOL AND POWER-TOOL SYSTEM Makita Corporation CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18870709 MACHINE COMPONENT WITH A COATING AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME Aktiebolaget SKF GOLOBOY, JAMES C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18924386 OPTIMIZED BALL BEARING WITH FEATURES FOR MASS REDUCTION AND IMPROVED LUBRICATION Aktiebolaget SKF JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 3617 §112 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Oct 23, 2024
18924350 OPTIMIZED BALL BEARING WITH FEATURES FOR IMPROVED LUBRICATION Aktiebolaget SKF PILKINGTON, JAMES 3617 §112 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2024
18904446 BALL JOINT WHICH IS RESISTANT TO WEAR AND HIGH TEMPERATURES, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE BALL JOINT SKF Aerospace France S.A.S FERGUSON, MICHAEL P §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2024
18829892 BLADE FOR RECIPROCATING SAW AND RECIPROCATING SAW Makita Corporation PAYER, HWEI-SIU C 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Sep 10, 2024
18809517 GROUNDING BRUSH ASSEMBLY Aktiebolaget SKF GUGGER, SEAN A 2834 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18809487 GROUNDING BRUSH ASSEMBLY Aktiebolaget SKF GUGGER, SEAN A 2834 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18809475 GROUNDING BRUSH ASSEMBLY Aktiebolaget SKF GUGGER, SEAN A 2834 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18809494 GROUNDING BRUSH ASSEMBLY Aktiebolaget SKF GUGGER, SEAN A 2834 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18806880 COUPLING FOR CONNECTING THE ENDS OF TWO ROTATABLE SHAFTS Aktiebolaget SKF THOMPSON, KENNETH L Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18780929 ROLLER BEARING CAGE Aktiebolaget SKF PILKINGTON, JAMES 3617 §112 Final Rejection 63d Pending Jul 23, 2024
18729597 METHOD FOR PROLONGING THE LIFE OF A PRODUCT AND A REMANUFACTURED PRODUCT Aktiebolaget SKF FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 3726 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 17, 2024
18768391 BEARING CAGE FOR A ROLLER BEARING Aktiebolaget SKF WAITS, ALAN B 3617 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 10, 2024
18755846 HUB-BEARING UNIT FOR A WHEEL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE Aktiebolaget SKF BINNS, HOWARD PATRICK 3615 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18754361 CARBON NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITION MATERIAL AND BEARING COATED THEREWITH Aktiebolaget SKF OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18745057 GROUNDING BRUSH ASSEMBLY Aktiebolaget SKF PHAM, LEDA T 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18745073 Grounding Brush Assembly Aktiebolaget SKF MULLINS, BURTON S 2834 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18742566 GROUNDING BRUSH ASSEMBLY Aktiebolaget SKF TRUONG, THOMAS 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18716984 AN INNER RING FOR A SELF-ALIGNING ROLLER BEARING Aktiebolaget SKF NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 3617 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 06, 2024
18732837 WHEEL HUB BEARING UNIT WITH OPTIMIZED POSITIONING OF ROLLERS Aktiebolaget SKF JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 3615 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2024
18679865 SWEPT PATTERN PROBABILITY CALCULATION FOR SPEED AND DEFECT IDENTIFICATION Aktiebolaget SKF BACA, MATTHEW WALTER 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2024
18713739 PARKING BRAKE DEVICE FOR VEHICLES Aktiebolaget SKF KING, BRADLEY T Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2024
18675272 PROTECTIVE CAP AND FASTENING SCREW HAVING PROTECTIVE CAP MOUNTED THEREON Aktiebolaget SKF STERLING, AMY JO Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
18670816 HIGH FLEXIBILITY SEALING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES Aktiebolaget SKF KONERU, LAKSHMI S 3675 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending May 22, 2024
18646285 HUB-BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR A WHEEL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE Aktiebolaget SKF NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 3617 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2024
18634048 METHOD FOR MACHINING A WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE Aktiebolaget SKF RUFO, RYAN C 3722 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18698952 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE OIL PRODUCT FROM WASTE OIL SKF Mfr Technology AB STEIN, MICHELLE 1771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18625588 USE OF A MEASURING UNIT FOR MEASURING DISTANCES IN A SHAFT ALIGNMENT SYSTEM Aktiebolaget SKF GUADALUPE, YARITZA 2855 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2024
18695081 GEAR ARRANGEMENT Aktiebolaget SKF RUSHING, JR, BOBBY 3618 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2024
18607776 LOW WEIGHT FLANGED INNER RING OF A WHEEL HUB UNIT Aktiebolaget SKF ROGERS, ADAM D 3617 §112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2024
18599303 METHOD FOR MEASURING OIL VISCOSITY AND VISCOSITY TESTING KIT FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD Aktiebolaget SKF PHAN, TRUONG D 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Mar 08, 2024
18683566 TOOL HOLDER AND TURRET Nt Tool Corporation SALONE, BAYAN 3726 §102 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18438648 RADIAL SHAFT SEAL ARRANGEMENT Aktiebolaget SKF PATEL, VISHAL A 3675 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024
18681647 AUTOMATIC DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING SUBSTANCE COMPOSITION IN VISCOUS MATERIAL Aktiebolaget SKF NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI 2855 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2024
18414751 COMPOSITE MATERIAL CAGE FOR A ROLLING BEARING SKF Aerospace France S.A.S NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 3617 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2024
18579559 COMPONENT FOR A ROLLING BEARING AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPONENT Aktiebolaget SKF JANSSEN, REBECCA 1733 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18397288 ROTARY BRUSH, NOZZLE AND VACUUM CLEANER Makita Corporation DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER 3745 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
18514372 TRANSMISSION BELT ARRANGEMENT SKF Magnetic Mechatronics FENWICK, WARREN K 2852 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18514490 BEARING-ASSEMBLY COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A BEARING-ASSEMBLY COMPONENT Aktiebolaget SKF PILKINGTON, JAMES 3617 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18514329 TRANSMISSION BELT ARRANGEMENT SKF Magnetic Mechatronics DO, ANDREW V 2852 §103 Final Rejection 50d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18561402 ALUMINUM ALLOY, ALUMINUM-ALLOY HOT-WORKED MATERIAL, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF UACJ Corporation ROE, JESSEE RANDALL 1759 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2023
18560495 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PURIFICATION OF OIL SKF Mfr Technology AB COOLEY, CHARLES E §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2023
18560501 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PURIFICATION OF OIL SKF Mfr Technology AB HODGE, DEMARKUS JERRELL 1779 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2023
18559808 METHOD & COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Aktiebolaget SKF LIANG, ANTHONY M 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2023
18286384 CUTTING TOOL HAVING A MULTIPART CUTTING HEAD Zecha Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrikation GmbH WALTERS, RYAN J 3799 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2023
18281331 PORTABLE ABRADING MACHINE Makita Corporation NEIBAUR, ROBERT F 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Sep 11, 2023
18281379 ROOM UNIT FOR AN HVAC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING DATA BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND A ROOM UNIT OR AN HVAC SYSTEM BELIMO Holding AG DYER, ANDREW R 3662 §102 Final Rejection 27d Pending Sep 11, 2023
18461592 DUST COLLECTOR Makita Corporation BUI, DUNG H 1773 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 06, 2023
18457477 CAGE FOR ROLLING ELEMENT BEARINGS Aktiebolaget SKF NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 3617 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2023
18274576 BEARING COMPONENT Aktiebolaget SKF WANG, XIAOBEI 1784 §102 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18215962 IMIDE COMPOSITION AND PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE IMIDE COMPOSITION Aktiebolaget SKF KAHN, RACHEL 1766 §112 Final Rejection 74d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2023
18266844 MICRO FORM END MILL Zecha Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrikation GmbH RUFO, RYAN C 3722 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18030157 TOOL HOLDER Nt Tool Corporation GATES, ERIC ANDREW 3722 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
18127084 TAPERED ROLLER BEARING AND DIFFERENTIAL GEAR WITH A TAPERED ROLLER BEARING Aktiebolaget SKF WAITS, ALAN B 3617 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18025101 ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM OF A WATERCRAFT SKF Marine GmbH OLSON, LARS A 3615 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2023
18117600 WORKPIECE HOLDING DEVICE Aktiebolaget SKF ABOAGYE, MICHAEL 1733 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 06, 2023
18101202 SUBASSEMBLY WITH A WHEEL BEARING AND A CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT Aktiebolaget SKF KECK, DANIEL M 3614 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2023
18091480 INDUCTION HARDENING SYSTEM AND INDUCTION HARDENING METHOD Aktiebolaget SKF ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA 1733 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 30, 2022
17986216 METHOD, SYSTEM AND MEDIUM FOR LUBRICATION ASSESSMENT Aktiebolaget SKF KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2022
17971952 TRIPOD JOINT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD Aktiebolaget SKF BINDA, GREGORY JOHN 3679 §102 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2022
17920438 ANIMAL FEED COMPOSITION Younikat GmbH DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2022
17794730 BATTERY APPARATUS Makita Corporation BARROW, AMANDA J 1729 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2022
17860558 SPHERICAL BEARING HAVING A SWAGED OUTER RING SKF Aerospace France S.A.S PILKINGTON, JAMES 3617 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jul 08, 2022
17406422 INSTALLATION DEVICE AND INSTALLATION METHOD Aktiebolaget SKF VAUGHAN, JASON L 3726 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2021

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