Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
Scott T. Griggs, Attorneys at Law specializes in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems, with 997 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 92.58, indicating a high success rate in obtaining patent grants for its clients. This performance suggests a strong proficiency in navigating the examination process for mechanical and e-commerce technologies, where clear claim drafting is essential.
The firm currently manages 3 pending office actions. An avg office actions per allowance of 2.26 suggests a very efficient prosecution path, typically requiring just over two office actions to reach an allowance. This efficiency is a significant benefit for clients seeking timely patent protection, as it indicates the firm's ability to resolve examiner objections quickly and effectively without prolonged negotiation cycles.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 2 | 16.3% | +30.6% |
| CARROLL, DAVID P. | 1 | 80.1% | +14.3% |
| ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S | 1 | 88.4% | +8.6% |
| MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | 1 | 83.6% | +12.3% |
| NGUYEN, TAN D | 1 | 24.3% | +19.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19383644 | DRILL STEM SAFETY VALVE ACTUATOR | CARROLL, DAVID P. | — |
| 18610535 | Perception-Based Robotic Manipulation System and Method for Robotic Truck Unloader that Unloads/Unpacks Product from Trailers and Containers | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17933802 | DIETARY SUPPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF SAME | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 9d overdue |
| 18944580 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENERGY RECOVERY ON DRILLING RIGS | ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S | — |
| 17933843 | DIETARY SUPPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF SAME | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | — |
| 17621855 | Board Signage Safety System and Method for Use of Same | NGUYEN, TAN D | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17933802 | DIETARY SUPPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF SAME | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 9d overdue |
| 19383644 | DRILL STEM SAFETY VALVE ACTUATOR | CARROLL, DAVID P. | — |
| 18610535 | Perception-Based Robotic Manipulation System and Method for Robotic Truck Unloader that Unloads/Unpacks Product from Trailers and Containers | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | — |
| 17933843 | DIETARY SUPPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF SAME | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | — |
| 17621855 | Board Signage Safety System and Method for Use of Same | NGUYEN, TAN D | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| StrongCell LLC | 2 |
| Hi-Kalibre Equipment Limited | 1 |
| Ariss Controls & Electric Inc. | 1 |
| Daifuku | 1 |
| RailPros Field Services, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 2 |
| 3674 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| 3629 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19383644 | DRILL STEM SAFETY VALVE ACTUATOR | Hi-Kalibre Equipment Limited | CARROLL, DAVID P. | 3674 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2025 |
| 18944580 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENERGY RECOVERY ON DRILLING RIGS | Ariss Controls & Electric Inc. | ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S | 2837 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18610535 | Perception-Based Robotic Manipulation System and Method for Robotic Truck Unloader that Unloads/Unpacks Product from Trailers and Containers | Daifuku Co., Ltd. | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | 3653 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 17933843 | DIETARY SUPPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF SAME | StrongCell, LLC | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2022 |
| 17933802 | DIETARY SUPPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF SAME | StrongCell, LLC | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2022 |
| 17621855 | Board Signage Safety System and Method for Use of Same | Railpros Field Services, Inc. | NGUYEN, TAN D | 3629 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2021 |
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Start Free Trial92.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Scott T. Griggs, Attorneys AT Law were allowed, across 985 applications in USPTO records.
2.28 office actions per allowed application on average.
6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 5 clients, before 5 examiners in 5 art units.