Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
9 pending office actions • 2 clients • 4 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days
Patterson + Sheridan, LLP - Western Digital focuses on Communications with 1246 career applications. The firm's resolved allowance rate is 95.61 percent. Prosecution typically requires an average of 2.57 office actions per allowance. There are 6 pending office actions currently active.
This docket is part of the firm's work with 1246 career applications. The 95.61 percent resolved allowance rate highlights the firm's effectiveness in the Communications field. The 2.57 average office actions per allowance reflects the prosecution process. This firm's data demonstrates a success rate across a portfolio of 1246 career applications. The 95.61 percent resolved allowance rate is a performance indicator. With 6 pending office actions, the firm is managing its current workload while maintaining a path to allowance, as shown by the 2.57 average office actions per grant. The 2.57 average office actions per allowance is a consistent factor in its 1246 career applications.
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 | 1 (11%) |
| §103 only | 4 (44%) |
| §102 only | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (22%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 6 | 80.9% | +18.2% |
| KIM, MICHELLE JINJU | 1 | 70.0% | +50.0% |
| RENNER, CRAIG A | 1 | 84.2% | +17.6% |
| PHAM, JESSICA THUY | 1 | 18.2% | +90.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19067574 | Improved YPtBi Composition in Spin Orbit Torque Devices | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 34d |
| 18890207 | Dual Free Layer TMR Reader With Shaped Rear Bias and Methods of Forming Thereof | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 46d |
| 19244507 | Magnetic Recording Head with A Cross-Track Current Flow In A Low Resistance Path | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | — |
| 19201452 | Middle Shields Two-Dimensional Magnetic Recording Read Heads | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | — |
| 19041235 | Shunt Reducing Migration Barrier Layer Materials and Insertion Techniques for Epitaxial Topological Materials | RENNER, CRAIG A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18343173 | REDUCING DATA COMMUNICATIONS IN DISTRIBUTED INFERENCE SCHEMES | PHAM, JESSICA THUY | 55d |
| 19359379 | Reduction Of High Tape Contact Pressure Points Against Head Assembly | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | — |
| 18749413 | Dual Free Layer TMR Reader with Shaped Rear Bias and Methods of Forming Thereof | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19067574 | Improved YPtBi Composition in Spin Orbit Torque Devices | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 34d |
| 18890207 | Dual Free Layer TMR Reader With Shaped Rear Bias and Methods of Forming Thereof | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 46d |
| 18343173 | REDUCING DATA COMMUNICATIONS IN DISTRIBUTED INFERENCE SCHEMES | PHAM, JESSICA THUY | 55d |
| 19359379 | Reduction Of High Tape Contact Pressure Points Against Head Assembly | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | — |
| 19244507 | Magnetic Recording Head with A Cross-Track Current Flow In A Low Resistance Path | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | — |
| 19201452 | Middle Shields Two-Dimensional Magnetic Recording Read Heads | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | — |
| 19056508 | Low Magnetostriction Material For Read Sensors | KIM, MICHELLE JINJU | — |
| 19041235 | Shunt Reducing Migration Barrier Layer Materials and Insertion Techniques for Epitaxial Topological Materials | RENNER, CRAIG A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 8 |
| INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TOKYO | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2688 | 8 |
| 2121 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19359379 | Reduction Of High Tape Contact Pressure Points Against Head Assembly | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 2688 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2025 |
| 19244507 | Magnetic Recording Head with A Cross-Track Current Flow In A Low Resistance Path | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 2688 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19201452 | Middle Shields Two-Dimensional Magnetic Recording Read Heads | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 2688 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19067574 | Improved YPtBi Composition in Spin Orbit Torque Devices | Institute Of Science Tokyo | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 2688 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19056508 | Low Magnetostriction Material For Read Sensors | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | KIM, MICHELLE JINJU | 2688 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19041235 | Shunt Reducing Migration Barrier Layer Materials and Insertion Techniques for Epitaxial Topological Materials | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | RENNER, CRAIG A | 2688 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 18890207 | Dual Free Layer TMR Reader With Shaped Rear Bias and Methods of Forming Thereof | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 2688 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18749413 | Dual Free Layer TMR Reader with Shaped Rear Bias and Methods of Forming Thereof | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 2688 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18343173 | REDUCING DATA COMMUNICATIONS IN DISTRIBUTED INFERENCE SCHEMES | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | PHAM, JESSICA THUY | 2121 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
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