Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
5 pending office actions • 1 client • 4 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (60%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | 2 | 59.4% | +14.4% |
| MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 1 | 46.3% | +69.2% |
| PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 1 | 80.0% | +60.0% |
| PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | 1 | 67.4% | +30.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18584323 | Systems and Methods for Tracking Lifeline Payout and Retraction | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 9d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19097225 | Systems and Methods for Providing an Assembly for Releasably Connecting an Inner Helmet and Outer Helmet Shell | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | — |
| 16599908 | Harness With Adjustable Belt Strap | MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18584323 | Systems and Methods for Tracking Lifeline Payout and Retraction | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 9d |
| 17640699 | Filling Element for Filling up a Space Between at Least One Compressed Gas Bottle of a Breathing Apparatus and a Carrier Plate | PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | 61d |
| 19097225 | Systems and Methods for Providing an Assembly for Releasably Connecting an Inner Helmet and Outer Helmet Shell | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | — |
| 17213520 | Two-Part Locking Polymer Hub for Cable Self-Retracting Device | MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | — |
| 16599908 | Harness With Adjustable Belt Strap | MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| MSA Safety | 5 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 2 |
| 3732 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19097225 | Systems and Methods for Providing an Assembly for Releasably Connecting an Inner Helmet and Outer Helmet Shell | Msa Technology, LLC | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 18584323 | Systems and Methods for Tracking Lifeline Payout and Retraction | Msa Technology, LLC | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 3634 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 17640699 | Filling Element for Filling up a Space Between at Least One Compressed Gas Bottle of a Breathing Apparatus and a Carrier Plate | Msa Europe GmbH | PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | 3799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Mar 04, 2022 |
| 17213520 | Two-Part Locking Polymer Hub for Cable Self-Retracting Device | Msa Technology, LLC | MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | 3635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2021 |
| 16599908 | Harness With Adjustable Belt Strap | Msa Technology, LLC | MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | 3635 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2019 |
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