Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
8 pending office actions • 4 clients • 6 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
SCHROEDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, LLC has a career total of 269 applications, primarily in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 81.63 percent. Prosecution at the firm is notably intensive, averaging 4.99 office actions per allowance, which is a high figure for these technology areas. This average indicates a very persistent approach to overcoming examiner rejections through extensive negotiation.
Currently, the firm has 7 pending office actions. This small number of active matters is part of its 269 career applications. The 81.63 percent allowance rate shows a reliable success rate for its clients. However, the 4.99 office actions per allowance indicates a much longer and more involved prosecution path than typical, suggesting that the firm is committed to exhaustive efforts to secure patent grants. This data provides a clear expectation for applicants regarding the significant effort and time that may be required to achieve an allowance.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANES JR., JOHN | 3 | 47.6% | +38.8% |
| CAMPBELL, KEITH | 1 | 89.7% | +0.9% |
| SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | 1 | 65.4% | +34.2% |
| SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H | 1 | 56.3% | +37.7% |
| CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY | 1 | 67.0% | +12.9% |
| EMPIE, NATHAN H | 1 | 43.5% | +43.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18404250 | DOOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A SOFT BOTTOMED DOOR PANEL AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME | HANES JR., JOHN | 19d |
| 18994788 | CONVEYING DEVICE FOR CONVEYING MATERIAL | CAMPBELL, KEITH | — |
| 18404284 | DOOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A SOFT BOTTOMED DOOR PANEL AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME | HANES JR., JOHN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18404250 | DOOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A SOFT BOTTOMED DOOR PANEL AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME | HANES JR., JOHN | 19d |
| 16247001 | TREATMENT INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES | EMPIE, NATHAN H | 22d |
| 18404319 | DOOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A SOFT BOTTOMED DOOR PANEL AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME | HANES JR., JOHN | 26d |
| 18738152 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN ROLL-UP DOORS | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | — |
| 18404284 | DOOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A SOFT BOTTOMED DOOR PANEL AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME | HANES JR., JOHN | — |
| 17799718 | ELECTRON BEAM SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR THE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE OF A WORKPIECE | SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H | — |
| 17764310 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GRAPHITE AND VERTICAL GRAPHITIZATION FURNACE | CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Rytec Corporation | 4 |
| Onejoon GmbH | 2 |
| Pro-Beam GmbH & Co. Kgaa | 1 |
| Eisenmann | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 4 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18994788 | CONVEYING DEVICE FOR CONVEYING MATERIAL | Onejoon GmbH | CAMPBELL, KEITH | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 | |
| 18738152 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN ROLL-UP DOORS | Rytec Corporation | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | 3634 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18404284 | DOOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A SOFT BOTTOMED DOOR PANEL AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME | Rytec Corporation | HANES JR., JOHN | 3634 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18404250 | DOOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A SOFT BOTTOMED DOOR PANEL AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME | Rytec Corporation | HANES JR., JOHN | 3634 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18404319 | DOOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A SOFT BOTTOMED DOOR PANEL AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME | Rytec Corporation | HANES JR., JOHN | 3634 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 17799718 | ELECTRON BEAM SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR THE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE OF A WORKPIECE | Pro-Beam GmbH & Co. Kgaa | SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2022 |
| 17764310 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GRAPHITE AND VERTICAL GRAPHITIZATION FURNACE | Onejoon GmbH | CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY | 1732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 16247001 | TREATMENT INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES | Eisenmann SE | EMPIE, NATHAN H | 1712 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Jan 14, 2019 |
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