Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
McGarry Bair PC has handled 2351 career applications in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 90.97 percent. On average, it takes 2.5 office actions to reach an allowance. There are 3 pending office actions currently.
The firm's work in chemistry is marked by a resolved allowance rate of 90.97 percent across 2351 career applications. This success is reached with an average of 2.5 office actions per allowance, indicating an efficient prosecution process. With 3 pending office actions, the firm continues to be active in the chemistry and materials fields.
The management of these career applications reflects a steady practice in the chemistry sector. The average number of office actions per allowance provides a benchmark for the firm's efficiency. These data points offer a comprehensive view of the firm's effectiveness in securing patent rights for its clients in this technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DO, ROWLAND | 1 | 69.9% | -5.6% |
| BROWN, CLAUDE J | 1 | 79.7% | +17.2% |
| DODDS, SCOTT | 1 | 68.1% | +34.5% |
| IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW | 1 | 80.0% | -32.1% |
| CAILLOUET, CHRISTOPHER C | 1 | 67.7% | +14.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17044621 | BUSH | IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19213255 | REMOVABLE CLIP | DO, ROWLAND | 41d |
| 18999191 | ACCESSORY ARRANGEMENT FOR A CUTTING UNIT, RELATIVE CUTTING UNIT AND MOBILE DEVICE COMPRISING THE ACCESSORY ARRANGEMENT | BROWN, CLAUDE J | — |
| 18923913 | REINFORCED CONDUIT AND METHOD OF FORMING | DODDS, SCOTT | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18999191 | ACCESSORY ARRANGEMENT FOR A CUTTING UNIT, RELATIVE CUTTING UNIT AND MOBILE DEVICE COMPRISING THE ACCESSORY ARRANGEMENT | BROWN, CLAUDE J | — |
| 18923913 | REINFORCED CONDUIT AND METHOD OF FORMING | DODDS, SCOTT | — |
| 18208581 | PROCESS FOR FORMING A PAPER CONTAINER AND RELATED METHODS AND MATERIALS | CAILLOUET, CHRISTOPHER C | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| UFP INDUSTRIES, INC. | 1 |
| Stiga S.p.A. In Breve Anche St. S.p.A. | 1 |
| Flexfab LLC | 1 |
| Dtr Vms Limited | 1 |
| Dart Container Corporation | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19213255 | REMOVABLE CLIP | UFP Industries, Inc. | DO, ROWLAND | 3677 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 18999191 | ACCESSORY ARRANGEMENT FOR A CUTTING UNIT, RELATIVE CUTTING UNIT AND MOBILE DEVICE COMPRISING THE ACCESSORY ARRANGEMENT | Stiga S.p.A. In Breve Anche St. S.p.A. | BROWN, CLAUDE J | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 | |
| 18923913 | REINFORCED CONDUIT AND METHOD OF FORMING | Flexfab LLC | DODDS, SCOTT | 1746 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 17044621 | BUSH | Dtr Vms Limited | IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 | |
| 18208581 | PROCESS FOR FORMING A PAPER CONTAINER AND RELATED METHODS AND MATERIALS | Dart Container Corporation | CAILLOUET, CHRISTOPHER C | 1745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2023 |
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