Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
17 pending office actions • 6 clients • 16 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days
MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK AND STONE is a patent law firm specializing in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has managed 1772 career applications and achieved a resolved allowance rate of 87.7 percent. Prosecution is characterized by an average of 2.67 office actions per allowance.
There are currently 9 pending office actions under management. The 2.67 average office actions per allowance suggests an efficient path to grant, as it indicates fewer cycles of rejection and response. This efficiency is supported by the firm's experience across 1772 career applications in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
The 87.7 percent allowance rate demonstrates a high success rate for resolved applications. Practitioners can anticipate a relatively direct prosecution process given the 2.67 average office actions per allowance. The 9 pending office actions represent the firm's current active matters in this technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (12%) |
| §103 only | 4 (24%) |
| §102 only | 2 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (53%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, JULIA C | 2 | 62.5% | +31.9% |
| PERVIN, FARHANA | 1 | 81.4% | +7.1% |
| PADUA, NICO LAUREN | 1 | 17.4% | +38.7% |
| DYER, ANDREW R | 1 | 60.0% | +39.6% |
| HARCOURT, BRAD | 1 | 84.2% | +5.3% |
| BROWN, CLAUDE J | 1 | 79.7% | +17.2% |
| HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | 1 | 83.9% | +7.9% |
| HARTMANN, ERIN MARIE | 1 | 75.0% | +37.8% |
| BELLINGER, JASON R | 1 | 70.0% | +18.7% |
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19055290 | FORMING SHIELD FOR A HARVESTING IMPLEMENT | HARCOURT, BRAD | — |
| 18992528 | DRAPER TRACK | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17771242 | MANUFACTURE OF FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS WITH ISOCYANATE RESIN | SERGENT, RABON A | 126d overdue |
| 19157599 | ELECTRONIC TORQUE VECTORING SYSTEM | PERVIN, FARHANA | — |
| 19223677 | Video-Assisted networking Platforms and Methods of Networking Using the Same | PADUA, NICO LAUREN | — |
| 19092768 | PRECISION CULTIVATOR WITH VISION GUIDANCE | DYER, ANDREW R | — |
| 18985430 | SKID SHOE POSITION CONTROL LOGIC | HARTMANN, ERIN MARIE | — |
| 18873645 | CONFIGURATION OF A ROW CROP CULTIVATOR ROW UNIT | TRAN, JULIA C | — |
| 18865212 | ALLOY WHEEL WITH TINTED OVERCOATING | BELLINGER, JASON R | — |
| 18943139 | AUTONOMOUS CONTROL OF A CROP HARVESTING HEADER | TRAN, JULIA C | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19223677 | Video-Assisted networking Platforms and Methods of Networking Using the Same | PADUA, NICO LAUREN | — |
| 19092768 | PRECISION CULTIVATOR WITH VISION GUIDANCE | DYER, ANDREW R | — |
| 19021684 | FLEX LIMIT CONTROL LOGIC | BROWN, CLAUDE J | — |
| 18985430 | SKID SHOE POSITION CONTROL LOGIC | HARTMANN, ERIN MARIE | — |
| 18873645 | CONFIGURATION OF A ROW CROP CULTIVATOR ROW UNIT | TRAN, JULIA C | — |
| 18865212 | ALLOY WHEEL WITH TINTED OVERCOATING | BELLINGER, JASON R | — |
| 18943139 | AUTONOMOUS CONTROL OF A CROP HARVESTING HEADER | TRAN, JULIA C | — |
| 18839647 | RAIL VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR ROAD-RAIL VEHICLE, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO CHANGE TRACKS, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM AND METHOD | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Linamar | 12 |
| Oliv Network Inc. | 1 |
| SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC. | 1 |
| Nt Innovation Ohg | 1 |
| 4S Aachen GmbH | 1 |
| TRIMER TECHNOLOGIES LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3655 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 1715 | 1 |
| 3671 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19157599 | ELECTRONIC TORQUE VECTORING SYSTEM | Linamar Corporation | PERVIN, FARHANA | 3655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19223677 | Video-Assisted networking Platforms and Methods of Networking Using the Same | Oliv Network Inc. | PADUA, NICO LAUREN | 4100 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19092768 | PRECISION CULTIVATOR WITH VISION GUIDANCE | MACDON INDUSTRIES LTD. | DYER, ANDREW R | 3662 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19055290 | FORMING SHIELD FOR A HARVESTING IMPLEMENT | MACDON INDUSTRIES LTD. | HARCOURT, BRAD | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 | |
| 19021684 | FLEX LIMIT CONTROL LOGIC | MACDON INDUSTRIES LTD. | BROWN, CLAUDE J | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 | |
| 18992528 | DRAPER TRACK | MACDON INDUSTRIES LTD. | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 | |
| 18985430 | SKID SHOE POSITION CONTROL LOGIC | MACDON INDUSTRIES LTD. | HARTMANN, ERIN MARIE | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 | |
| 18873645 | CONFIGURATION OF A ROW CROP CULTIVATOR ROW UNIT | MACDON INDUSTRIES LTD. | TRAN, JULIA C | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 | |
| 18865212 | ALLOY WHEEL WITH TINTED OVERCOATING | Superior Industries International Inc. | BELLINGER, JASON R | 1715 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18943139 | AUTONOMOUS CONTROL OF A CROP HARVESTING HEADER | MACDON INDUSTRIES LTD. | TRAN, JULIA C | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 | |
| 18839647 | RAIL VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR ROAD-RAIL VEHICLE, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO CHANGE TRACKS, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM AND METHOD | Nt Innovation Ohg | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 | |
| 18807889 | INTEGRATED ROW GUIDANCE SYSTEM | MACDON INDUSTRIES LTD. | PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 | |
| 18807797 | ZONE GROUND FORCE SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT | MACDON INDUSTRIES LTD. | MITCHELL, JOEL F | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 | |
| 18579536 | PLATFORM HEADER WITH BELT FEEDER ASSEMBLY | MACDON INDUSTRIES LTD. | WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE | 3671 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18382109 | GRAIN TRUCK DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION | MACDON INDUSTRIES LTD. | AFRIN, NAZIA | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18272149 | PLANT CULTIVATION DEVICE | 4S Aachen GmbH | NYAMOGO, JOSEPH A | 2858 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 17771242 | MANUFACTURE OF FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS WITH ISOCYANATE RESIN | Trimer Technologies LLC | SERGENT, RABON A | 1765 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 126d overdue | Pending | Apr 22, 2022 |
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