Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
9 pending office actions • 7 clients • 8 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Pitchford Fugett, PLLC manages 442 career applications in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 86.94 percent. Prosecution involves an average of 2.33 office actions per allowance. There are 8 pending office actions currently.
The 86.94 percent allowance rate is a solid performance metric. The 2.33 office actions per allowance figure provides a baseline for expected effort. With 442 career applications, the firm has a significant presence in this field. These statistics suggest an efficient prosecution style that achieves a high rate of success with moderate examiner interaction.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAUDLE, LOGAN WILLIAM | 2 | — | — |
| HAYES, BRET C | 1 | 80.4% | +15.3% |
| BERGIN, JAMES S | 1 | 79.4% | +10.0% |
| ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 1 | 55.4% | +44.6% |
| KLEIN, GABRIEL J | 1 | 65.9% | +24.4% |
| COOPER, JOHN | 1 | 79.4% | +17.7% |
| SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 1 | 79.5% | +13.1% |
| BASICHAS, ALFRED | 1 | 72.1% | +3.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19205637 | MULTI-SHOT DISCARDING SABOT ROUND | BERGIN, JAMES S | 35d |
| 19418145 | ACTUATION MECHANISM FOR COMPRESSED GAS VALVE OF AN AIRGUN | CAUDLE, LOGAN WILLIAM | — |
| 19418135 | SELF RESETTING COMPRESSED GAS VALVE | CAUDLE, LOGAN WILLIAM | — |
| 19246468 | MULTI BARRELED COMPRESSED GAS CANNON WITH REUSABLE HOUSING | HAYES, BRET C | — |
| 19031306 | HUNTING BLIND WITH INCONSPICUOUSLY OPERABLE WINDOWS | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | — |
| 18886994 | AMBIDEXTROUS BOTTOM BELT FEED AND BOX FEED FIREARM | KLEIN, GABRIEL J | — |
| 18829620 | SELECT FIRE TRIGGER MECHANISM FOR MACHINE GUNS | COOPER, JOHN | — |
| 18767946 | VISUAL TARGETING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19205637 | MULTI-SHOT DISCARDING SABOT ROUND | BERGIN, JAMES S | 35d |
| 19246468 | MULTI BARRELED COMPRESSED GAS CANNON WITH REUSABLE HOUSING | HAYES, BRET C | — |
| 19031306 | HUNTING BLIND WITH INCONSPICUOUSLY OPERABLE WINDOWS | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | — |
| 18886994 | AMBIDEXTROUS BOTTOM BELT FEED AND BOX FEED FIREARM | KLEIN, GABRIEL J | — |
| 18829620 | SELECT FIRE TRIGGER MECHANISM FOR MACHINE GUNS | COOPER, JOHN | — |
| 18767946 | VISUAL TARGETING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Umarex Usa, Inc. | 3 |
| Eight Holdings | 1 |
| Horizon Pursuit, LLC | 1 |
| Chd Holdings | 1 |
| CHD Holdings | 1 |
| Tacom Hq, Inc. | 1 |
| UNITED STATES STOVE COMPANY | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3641 | 6 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19418145 | ACTUATION MECHANISM FOR COMPRESSED GAS VALVE OF AN AIRGUN | Umarex Usa, Inc. | CAUDLE, LOGAN WILLIAM | 3641 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2025 |
| 19418135 | SELF RESETTING COMPRESSED GAS VALVE | Umarex Usa, Inc. | CAUDLE, LOGAN WILLIAM | 3641 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2025 |
| 19246468 | MULTI BARRELED COMPRESSED GAS CANNON WITH REUSABLE HOUSING | Umarex Usa, Inc. | HAYES, BRET C | 3641 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19205637 | MULTI-SHOT DISCARDING SABOT ROUND | Eight Holdings LLC | BERGIN, JAMES S | 3641 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19031306 | HUNTING BLIND WITH INCONSPICUOUSLY OPERABLE WINDOWS | Horizon Pursuit, LLC | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 18886994 | AMBIDEXTROUS BOTTOM BELT FEED AND BOX FEED FIREARM | Chd Holdings | KLEIN, GABRIEL J | 3641 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18829620 | SELECT FIRE TRIGGER MECHANISM FOR MACHINE GUNS | Chd Holdings, LLC | COOPER, JOHN | 3641 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18767946 | VISUAL TARGETING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | Tacom Hq, Inc. | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 2872 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18614710 | SMOKELESS FIREPIT | UNITED STATES STOVE COMPANY | BASICHAS, ALFRED | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2024 |
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