Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

J-Tek Law Pllc

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

71 pending office actions • 12 clients • 55 examiners • 30 art units • 0 of 71 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

J-TEK LAW PLLC has managed 1670 career applications in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm currently has 51 pending office actions and a resolved allowance rate pct of 91.57.

Prosecution at the firm involves an avg office actions per allowance of 2.74. This 2.74 figure provides a basis for practitioners to anticipate the number of examiner interactions required in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. The 91.57 resolved allowance rate pct reflects the proportion of cases that reached allowance relative to the 1670 career applications. The 51 pending office actions represent the current cases awaiting a USPTO response.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=1670 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.6%
Allowance Rate
n=1670
+0.61σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1670
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=1151
-0.36σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1151
911 days
Time to Allowance
n=1151
+6.2pp
Interview Lift
n=1670
14.7%
RCE Rate
n=1670
4.4%
Appeal Rate
n=1670

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

56.4%
§101 Overcome
n=39
78.2%
§102 Overcome
n=648
78.5%
§103 Overcome
n=961
80.2%
§112 Overcome
n=708

Specialization & Scale

F16C, H02K, B25F
Top CPC Subclasses
23%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1670
2
Practitioners
n=1670
835.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1670

Portfolio Summary

71
Total Pending OAs
53
Non-Final OAs
17
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
2
Due this week
1
Due this month
4
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (4)

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.

32
Hard (45%)
30
Medium (42%)
9
Easy (13%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (4%)
§103 only26 (37%)
§102 only4 (6%)
§112 only8 (11%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Multi-statute (no §101)29 (41%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
17% of docket
2
Information Tech
3% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
8
Semiconductors
11% of docket
25
Mechanical / Eng
35% of docket
24
Business / Other
34% 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.

710 h
Manual time on pending OAs
142 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
248 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PILKINGTON, JAMES 6 70.2% +35.7%
WAITS, ALAN B 6 68.8% +29.8%
JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 3 81.5% +12.9%
COMINO, EVA L 3 70.4% +32.3%
THOMPSON, KENNETH L 3 87.4% +6.7%
SHUTTY, DAVID G 1 69.0% +12.7%
ADJAGBE, MAXIME M 1 84.2% +9.6%
PALMER, ALEX ROBERT 1 62.0% +20.0%
HESS, DOUGLAS A 1 88.8% +10.7%
DANIELS, MATTHEW J 1 69.8% +25.1%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
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 —
19187147 FRAME LOCK HESS, DOUGLAS A —
19033713 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOUNTING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING CONNECTING ROD AND TANG THOMPSON, KENNETH L —
18975530 BEARING JOHNSON, PHILLIP A —

Hard Cases (32)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. 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
18117607 WORKPIECE HOLDING DEVICE VITALE, MICHAEL J 3d overdue
18438852 METHOD FOR DETERMINING MICROSTRUCTURAL DETERIORATION AND REMAINING LIFE OF A HARDENED METAL COMPONENT KEFAYATI, SOORENA 5d
18683566 TOOL HOLDER AND TURRET SALONE, BAYAN 35d
18829892 BLADE FOR RECIPROCATING SAW AND RECIPROCATING SAW PAYER, HWEI-SIU C 42d
19443183 IMPACT TOOL SHUTTY, DAVID G —
19218731 MARKING FOR IDENTIFYING ROLLING ELEMENTS IN ROLLING BEARINGS PILKINGTON, JAMES —

Interview Candidates (22)

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
18924350 OPTIMIZED BALL BEARING WITH FEATURES FOR IMPROVED LUBRICATION PILKINGTON, JAMES 42d overdue
18768422 WHEEL HUB UNIT WAITS, ALAN B 6d
19443183 IMPACT TOOL SHUTTY, DAVID G —
19220281 BEARING DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL INSULATION, NOTABLY FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR OR MACHINE, AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHODS PILKINGTON, JAMES —
19218731 MARKING FOR IDENTIFYING ROLLING ELEMENTS IN ROLLING BEARINGS PILKINGTON, JAMES —
19211378 LOW NOISE COMPOSITE MATERIAL ROLLING BEARING CAGE AND ASSOCIATED ROLLING BEARING UNIT AND METHOD JOHNSON, PHILLIP A —
19194167 ROLLING BEARING WITH SEALS AND A SEGMENTED SPACER RING BETWEEN THE SEALS PILKINGTON, JAMES —
19192915 BEARING DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRIC INSULATION, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE OR MOTOR PILKINGTON, JAMES —

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
361710
28343
37452
37242
37222
28552
37262
17332
17592
37311

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19443183 IMPACT TOOL Makita Corporation SHUTTY, DAVID G 3731 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2026
19278813 SPHERICAL ROLLER BEARING HAVING RADIALLY OFFSET CAGE BARS Aktiebolaget SKF ADJAGBE, MAXIME M 3745 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 24, 2025
19220281 BEARING DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL INSULATION, NOTABLY FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR OR MACHINE, AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHODS Aktiebolaget SKF PILKINGTON, JAMES §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2025
19218731 MARKING FOR IDENTIFYING ROLLING ELEMENTS IN ROLLING BEARINGS Aktiebolaget SKF PILKINGTON, JAMES §102§103 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
19194167 ROLLING BEARING WITH SEALS AND A SEGMENTED SPACER RING BETWEEN THE SEALS Aktiebolaget SKF PILKINGTON, JAMES §101§102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2025
19192915 BEARING DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRIC INSULATION, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE OR MOTOR Aktiebolaget SKF PILKINGTON, JAMES §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2025
19192962 VEHICLE WHEEL END ASSEMBLY Aktiebolaget SKF PALMER, ALEX ROBERT §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2025
19187147 FRAME LOCK A. G. Stacker Inc. HESS, DOUGLAS A §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2025
19115840 REBAR-TYING TOOL Makita Corporation DANIELS, MATTHEW J 1742 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
19081388 BEARING COMPONENT MADE OF CAST IRON AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF Aktiebolaget SKF JOHNSON, PHILLIP A §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19066274 RADIALLY INNER ANNULAR ELEMENT OF A WHEEL HUB PROVIDED WITH FRONT TOOTHING FOR TRANSMITTING TORQUE Aktiebolaget SKF COMINO, EVA L §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2025
19062233 BEARING UNIT WITH RETAINING CAGE SKF Aerospace France S.A.S WAITS, ALAN B 3617 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 25, 2025
19058443 RADIAL SHAFT SEALING RING Aktiebolaget SKF PATEL, VISHAL A 3675 §103§112 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2025
19057401 ASYMMETRIC HUB BEARING UNIT Aktiebolaget SKF COMINO, EVA L §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 19, 2025
19053587 METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR APPLYING A COATING TO A BEARING COMPONENT Aktiebolaget SKF TALBOT, BRIAN K 1712 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2025
19041030 MOTOR AND COMPRESSOR Aichi Electric Co., Ltd. QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2025
19041020 MOTOR AND COMPRESSOR Aichi Electric Co., Ltd. GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2025
19033713 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOUNTING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING CONNECTING ROD AND TANG SKF Aerospace France S.A.S THOMPSON, KENNETH L §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2025
19033704 FIXING ASSEMBLY INCLUDING CLEVIS AND TANG SKF Aerospace France S.A.S THOMPSON, KENNETH L §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2025
18995320 BEARING, MACHINE, LUBRICATION METHOD & USE Aktiebolaget SKF WAITS, ALAN B 3617 §103§112 Non-Final OA — 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
18980526 MACHINE ASSEMBLY WITH VERTICALLY-SPACED LEVITATION AND AXIAL ADJUSTMENT ACTUATORS SKF Canada Limited TRUONG, THOMAS 2834 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18975530 BEARING Aktiebolaget SKF JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 3617 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2024
18870709 MACHINE COMPONENT WITH A COATING AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME Aktiebolaget SKF GOLOBOY, JAMES C §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024
18931281 REBAR TYING TOOL, REBAR TYING METHOD, AND METHOD OF USING THE REBAR TYING TOOL Makita Corporation SULLIVAN, DEBRA M §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2024
18928528 ELECTRIC WORK MACHINE Makita Corporation DESAI, NAISHADH N §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18925344 INTERNALLY SHUNTING GROUNDING BRUSH ASSEMBLY WITH AXIAL BRUSHES Aktiebolaget SKF KENERLY, TERRANCE L 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18924350 OPTIMIZED BALL BEARING WITH FEATURES FOR IMPROVED LUBRICATION Aktiebolaget SKF PILKINGTON, JAMES 3617 §103§112 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2024
18858942 ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Aktiebolaget SKF FOXX, CHICO A §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 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
18887150 SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A PRODUCT DURING ROTATION SKF Canada Limited ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S 2837 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18829892 BLADE FOR RECIPROCATING SAW AND RECIPROCATING SAW Makita Corporation PAYER, HWEI-SIU C 3724 §103§112 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Sep 10, 2024
18806880 COUPLING FOR CONNECTING THE ENDS OF TWO ROTATABLE SHAFTS Aktiebolaget SKF THOMPSON, KENNETH L §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18806862 ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARING COMPRISING HOLES AND GROOVES Aktiebolaget SKF WAITS, ALAN B 3617 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18795503 SEALED SELF-LUBRICATING ROLLER CHAIN Aktiebolaget SKF LIU, HENRY Y 4100 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 06, 2024
18775318 RADIAL FIT BOLT ASSEMBLY Pilgrim International Ltd. NGUYEN, LONG BAO §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18768391 BEARING CAGE FOR A ROLLER BEARING Aktiebolaget SKF WAITS, ALAN B 3617 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2024
18768422 WHEEL HUB UNIT Aktiebolaget SKF WAITS, ALAN B 3617 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jul 10, 2024
18765769 POWER TOOL HAVING A MANUALLY-MOVABLE SLEEVE FOR RETAINING A BIT Makita Corporation GERTH, KATIE L 3723 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 08, 2024
18725860 Rolling bearing assembly SKF Australia Pty Ltd. WAITS, ALAN B 3617 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 01, 2024
18745073 Grounding Brush Assembly Aktiebolaget SKF MULLINS, BURTON S 2834 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2024
18679865 SWEPT PATTERN PROBABILITY CALCULATION FOR SPEED AND DEFECT IDENTIFICATION Aktiebolaget SKF BACA, MATTHEW WALTER 2857 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2024
18680038 DRIVER-DRILL Makita Corporation KOTIS, JOSHUA G 3722 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2024
18663513 ADJUSTABLE BREAK BUNDLE BREAKER A. G. Stacker Inc. DONG, LIANG 3724 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 14, 2024
18603321 BATTERY-POWERED PORTABLE TOOL Makita Corporation ALEJANDRO, RAYMOND 1752 DP Final Rejection 34d Pending Mar 13, 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§112 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18438852 METHOD FOR DETERMINING MICROSTRUCTURAL DETERIORATION AND REMAINING LIFE OF A HARDENED METAL COMPONENT Aktiebolaget SKF KEFAYATI, SOORENA 2884 §101§102 Final Rejection 5d Pending Feb 12, 2024
18681647 AUTOMATIC DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING SUBSTANCE COMPOSITION IN VISCOUS MATERIAL Aktiebolaget SKF NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2024
18426434 METHOD OF SELECTING SHIMS NEEDED WHEN PERFORMING AN ALIGNMENT OF SHAFTS OF A FIRST MACHINE AND A SECOND MACHINE Aktiebolaget SKF CONNOLLY, MARK A 2115 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 30, 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 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 27, 2023
18514255 TRANSMISSION BELT ARRANGEMENT SKF Magnetic Mechatronics BUSE, MARK KENNETH 3654 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2023
18514490 BEARING-ASSEMBLY COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A BEARING-ASSEMBLY COMPONENT Aktiebolaget SKF PILKINGTON, JAMES 3617 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 20, 2023
18561402 ALUMINUM ALLOY, ALUMINUM-ALLOY HOT-WORKED MATERIAL, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF UACJ Corporation ROE, JESSEE RANDALL 1759 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 16, 2023
18559816 A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A ROLLING OR PLAIN BEARING RING Aktiebolaget SKF TRAN, THIEN S §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 09, 2023
18486333 HEAT TREATMENT METHOD OF BEARING RING Aktiebolaget SKF ZHENG, LOIS L 1733 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 13, 2023
18483584 METHOD FOR HEAT TREATING A STEEL COMPONENT Aktiebolaget SKF KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S 1759 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2023
18285418 PRINTHEAD AND METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A COMPONENT USING MOLTEN METAL Grob-Werke GmbH & Co. Kg KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R 1744 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 03, 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
18359942 LUBRICATOR CONTROL SYSTEM Aktiebolaget SKF KHUU, HIEN DIEU THI 2116 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 27, 2023
18218621 ULTRA-QUIET WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY Aktiebolaget SKF COMINO, EVA L 3615 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 06, 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
18337193 MODULE AND SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLING ELECTRICAL CABLES Komax Sle GmbH & Co., Kg KIM, PAUL D 3729 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2023
18117607 WORKPIECE HOLDING DEVICE Aktiebolaget SKF VITALE, MICHAEL J 3722 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023
17988952 CARRY BOX WITH INTEGRATED INDUCTION HEATER FOR ANNULAR BEARING COMPONENT COMPRISING A TOP BOX Aktiebolaget SKF DANG, KET D 3761 §112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Nov 17, 2022
17920438 ANIMAL FEED COMPOSITION Younikat GmbH DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL 1792 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2022
17794730 BATTERY APPARATUS Makita Corporation BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE 1729 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 22, 2022
17406422 INSTALLATION DEVICE AND INSTALLATION METHOD Aktiebolaget SKF VAUGHAN, JASON L 3726 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2021

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