Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 1 client • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jones Day for MSA specializes in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. It has 12673 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 73.07 percent. It averages 3.51 office actions per allowance. There are 4 pending office actions.
The 73.07 percent allowance rate is derived from 12673 career applications. The average of 3.51 office actions per allowance shows the prosecution efficiency for allowed cases. The 4 pending office actions represent the current active docket in these sectors.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOPEZ, ERICK I | 1 | 53.0% | +29.6% |
| MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 1 | 47.4% | +68.3% |
| NGUYEN, CHUONG P | 1 | 79.1% | +13.4% |
| PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 1 | 45.5% | +27.3% |
| CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | 1 | 57.3% | +40.4% |
| PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | 1 | 67.4% | +30.7% |
| MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | 1 | 59.4% | +13.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 18189582 | Case or Cradle for a Fall Arrest Device | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | — |
| 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 7 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 |
| 19415939 | Safety Helmet | LOPEZ, ERICK I | — |
| 19097225 | Systems and Methods for Providing an Assembly for Releasably Connecting an Inner Helmet and Outer Helmet Shell | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18822947 | Safety Device for Providing Output to an Individual Associated with a Hazardous Environment | NGUYEN, CHUONG P | — |
| 18189582 | Case or Cradle for a Fall Arrest Device | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | — |
| 16599908 | Harness With Adjustable Belt Strap | MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| MSA Safety | 7 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 2 |
| 3634 | 2 |
| 3646 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19415939 | Safety Helmet | Msa Technology, LLC | LOPEZ, ERICK I | 3732 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2025 |
| 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 |
| 18822947 | Safety Device for Providing Output to an Individual Associated with a Hazardous Environment | Msa Technology, LLC | NGUYEN, CHUONG P | 3646 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 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 |
| 18189582 | Case or Cradle for a Fall Arrest Device | Latchways PLC | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | 3634 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 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 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Mar 04, 2022 |
| 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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