Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Pitchford Fugett, Pllc

8 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (25%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (62%)
§102 only1 (12%)
No statute on record2 (25%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
88% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEE, BENJAMIN P 2 80.0% +17.0%
WEBER, JONATHAN C 2 64.1% +29.0%
BERGIN, JAMES S 1 79.3% +9.9%
GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 1 66.7% +29.1%
LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 1 73.5% +22.0%
KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ 1 47.1% +45.5%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19074705 HANDGUARD MOUNTING SYSTEM LEE, BENJAMIN P 44d overdue

Interview Candidates (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18382610 KNEEPAD ADAPTED FOR WORKING ON INCLINED SURFACES KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ 67d overdue
18829532 MULTIPART TRUNNION AND AMBIDEXTROUSLY MOUNTABLE BARREL FOR FIREARMS WEBER, JONATHAN C 51d overdue
19074705 HANDGUARD MOUNTING SYSTEM LEE, BENJAMIN P 44d overdue
18398877 Airgun with Predetermined Selectable Impact Energy WEBER, JONATHAN C 29d overdue
19211127 HANDGUN BRACE LEE, BENJAMIN P 19d overdue
18581616 SILENCER FOR MULTI BARREL WEAPON SYSTEMS LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 1d overdue
19171611 MONOLITHIC SUPPRESSOR FOR A GUN GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 19d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36416
28371
37321

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19211127 HANDGUN BRACE Gear Head Works, LLC LEE, BENJAMIN P 3641 Other Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending May 16, 2025
19205637 MULTI-SHOT DISCARDING SABOT ROUND Eight Holdings LLC BERGIN, JAMES S 3641 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending May 12, 2025
19171611 MONOLITHIC SUPPRESSOR FOR A GUN Eight Holdings LLC GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 3641 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Apr 07, 2025
19074705 HANDGUARD MOUNTING SYSTEM Eight Holdings LLC LEE, BENJAMIN P 3641 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2025
18829532 MULTIPART TRUNNION AND AMBIDEXTROUSLY MOUNTABLE BARREL FOR FIREARMS Chd Holdings, LLC WEBER, JONATHAN C 3641 §102 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Sep 10, 2024
18581616 SILENCER FOR MULTI BARREL WEAPON SYSTEMS Chd Holdings, LLC LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 2837 Other Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2024
18398877 Airgun with Predetermined Selectable Impact Energy UMAREX GmbH & Co. KG WEBER, JONATHAN C 3641 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2023
18382610 KNEEPAD ADAPTED FOR WORKING ON INCLINED SURFACES 9239-9104 Quebec Inc. KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023

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