Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
10 pending office actions • 3 clients • 9 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
SMITH IP SERVICES, P.C. has 11 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The profile records 599 career applications, an 80.83% resolved allowance rate, and an average of 4.05 office actions per allowance.
The historical record includes a measurable allowance outcome and an average exceeding several examination exchanges before allowance. The current docket is limited in size, but each matter may warrant careful prosecution planning in light of the recorded examination activity.
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 | 2 (20%) |
| §103 only | 5 (50%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (10%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (10%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMBE, PATRICK F | 2 | 62.5% | +29.0% |
| WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | 1 | 78.3% | +25.5% |
| YAO, THEODORE N | 1 | 66.7% | +39.0% |
| HALL, KRISTYN A | 1 | 82.1% | -5.9% |
| AHMED, MOBEEN | 1 | 61.3% | +8.4% |
| GRAY, GEORGE STERLING | 1 | 75.3% | +10.0% |
| ALAM, MIRZA F | 1 | 74.4% | +33.9% |
| SAYRE, JAMES G | 1 | 84.0% | +12.9% |
| BOCHNA, DAVID | 1 | 79.9% | +13.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19304016 | MOBILE RIG TO WELL SECUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | HALL, KRISTYN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18943094 | PUMPING UNIT INSPECTION SENSOR ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM AND METHOD | ALAM, MIRZA F | 22d overdue |
| 18891667 | COILED TUBING CONVEYED ELECTRICAL ORIENTER | SAYRE, JAMES G | 5d |
| 18904605 | TUBULAR RUNNING OPERATIONS WITH FREQUENCY SPECTRUM ANALYSIS | LAMBE, PATRICK F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18943094 | PUMPING UNIT INSPECTION SENSOR ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM AND METHOD | ALAM, MIRZA F | 22d overdue |
| 18891667 | COILED TUBING CONVEYED ELECTRICAL ORIENTER | SAYRE, JAMES G | 5d |
| 18662614 | ELEVATOR FOR TUBULAR HANDLING | LAMBE, PATRICK F | 36d |
| 19445189 | PLUGGING DEVICE DEPLOYMENT IN SUBTERRANEAN WELLS | WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | — |
| 19313527 | PROGRESSIVE CAVITY ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | YAO, THEODORE N | — |
| 19024171 | FLOW DIVERSION IN MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING OPERATIONS | GRAY, GEORGE STERLING | — |
| 18904605 | TUBULAR RUNNING OPERATIONS WITH FREQUENCY SPECTRUM ANALYSIS | LAMBE, PATRICK F | — |
| 18416474 | TUBULAR CONNECTION CONTROL USING DETECTABLE FEATURE | BOCHNA, DAVID | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC | 5 |
| THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC. | 4 |
| Design & Assembly Concepts, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3676 | 4 |
| 3672 | 2 |
| 3674 | 1 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 2688 | 1 |
| 3679 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19445189 | PLUGGING DEVICE DEPLOYMENT IN SUBTERRANEAN WELLS | Thru Tubing Solutions, Inc. | WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | 3674 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2026 |
| 19313527 | PROGRESSIVE CAVITY ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | Thru Tubing Solutions, Inc. | YAO, THEODORE N | 3676 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2025 |
| 19304016 | MOBILE RIG TO WELL SECUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | Thru Tubing Solutions, Inc. | HALL, KRISTYN A | 3672 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2025 |
| 19050753 | AUTOMATED BOX OPENER SYSTEM AND METHOD | Design & Assembly Concepts, Inc. | AHMED, MOBEEN | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19024171 | FLOW DIVERSION IN MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING OPERATIONS | Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC | GRAY, GEORGE STERLING | 3676 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18943094 | PUMPING UNIT INSPECTION SENSOR ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM AND METHOD | Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC | ALAM, MIRZA F | 2688 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18904605 | TUBULAR RUNNING OPERATIONS WITH FREQUENCY SPECTRUM ANALYSIS | Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC | LAMBE, PATRICK F | 3676 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18891667 | COILED TUBING CONVEYED ELECTRICAL ORIENTER | Thru Tubing Solutions, Inc. | SAYRE, JAMES G | 3672 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18662614 | ELEVATOR FOR TUBULAR HANDLING | Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC | LAMBE, PATRICK F | 3676 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18416474 | TUBULAR CONNECTION CONTROL USING DETECTABLE FEATURE | Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC | BOCHNA, DAVID | 3679 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial80.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Smith Ip Services, P.C. were allowed, across 599 applications in USPTO records.
4.05 office actions per allowed application on average.
10 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 3 clients, before 9 examiners in 6 art units.
