Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
5 pending office actions • 2 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 | 4 (80%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 76.3% | +39.1% |
| BELLINGER, JASON R | 1 | 69.9% | +18.6% |
| KRUER, KEVIN R | 1 | 26.9% | +29.5% |
| SAETHER, FLEMMING | 1 | 65.0% | +28.3% |
| MAGAR, DIL KUMAR | 1 | 54.9% | +17.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18478059 | METALLIC SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHODS AND ARTICLES COMPRISING A PHOSPHONATE FUNCTIONALIZED LAYER | KRUER, KEVIN R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18861753 | INSTALLATION TOOL, USE THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR SECURING A THREADED INSERT | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18570114 | VEHICLE WHEEL HUB COVER, VEHICLE WHEEL, POWERED VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | BELLINGER, JASON R | — |
| 18478059 | METALLIC SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHODS AND ARTICLES COMPRISING A PHOSPHONATE FUNCTIONALIZED LAYER | KRUER, KEVIN R | — |
| 18256571 | FASTENING COLLARS, MULTI-PIECE FASTENERS, AND METHODS FOR FASTENING | SAETHER, FLEMMING | — |
| 17907289 | MULTI-PIECE FASTENER INCLUDING A LOCKBOLT COLLAR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FASTENING | MAGAR, DIL KUMAR | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Howmet Aerospace | 4 |
| Dieter Jüling | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 2 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18861753 | INSTALLATION TOOL, USE THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR SECURING A THREADED INSERT | Dieter Jüling | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 3726 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18570114 | VEHICLE WHEEL HUB COVER, VEHICLE WHEEL, POWERED VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | Howmet Aerospace Inc. | BELLINGER, JASON R | 3615 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18478059 | METALLIC SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHODS AND ARTICLES COMPRISING A PHOSPHONATE FUNCTIONALIZED LAYER | Howmet Aerospace Inc. | KRUER, KEVIN R | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18256571 | FASTENING COLLARS, MULTI-PIECE FASTENERS, AND METHODS FOR FASTENING | Howmet Aerospace Inc. | SAETHER, FLEMMING | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 17907289 | MULTI-PIECE FASTENER INCLUDING A LOCKBOLT COLLAR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FASTENING | Howmet Aerospace Inc. | MAGAR, DIL KUMAR | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
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