Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
10 pending office actions • 3 clients • 10 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
SMITH IP SERVICES, P.C. manages 596 career applications in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 80.73. Prosecution involves an avg office actions per allowance of 4.07.
There are 14 pending office actions currently active. The 80.73 resolved allowance rate pct for its 596 career applications reflects the firm's historical success. An avg office actions per allowance of 4.07 provides a benchmark for the examination cycle in its primary technology area.
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 | 1 (10%) |
| §103 only | 4 (40%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (10%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | 1 | 78.3% | +25.5% |
| YAO, THEODORE N | 1 | 66.9% | +39.4% |
| HALL, KRISTYN A | 1 | 82.0% | -6.0% |
| CARROLL, DAVID P. | 1 | 80.2% | +14.1% |
| AHMED, MOBEEN | 1 | 61.5% | +7.6% |
| GRAY, GEORGE STERLING | 1 | 75.3% | +9.9% |
| CULLER, JILL E | 1 | 57.2% | +13.9% |
| ALAM, MIRZA F | 1 | 74.3% | +33.9% |
| SAYRE, JAMES G | 1 | 84.0% | +12.9% |
| LAMBE, PATRICK F | 1 | 62.4% | +28.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19304016 | MOBILE RIG TO WELL SECUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | HALL, KRISTYN A | — |
| 19182258 | DISPLACEMENT OF A TUBULAR STRING THROUGH A WELLBORE | CARROLL, DAVID P. | — |
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 |
| 19013898 | FLOW RATE AND RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENT WITH ENHANCED ACCURACY AT LOW FLOW RATES | CULLER, JILL E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 19182258 | DISPLACEMENT OF A TUBULAR STRING THROUGH A WELLBORE | CARROLL, DAVID P. | — |
| 19013898 | FLOW RATE AND RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENT WITH ENHANCED ACCURACY AT LOW FLOW RATES | CULLER, JILL E | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC. | 5 |
| WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC | 4 |
| Design & Assembly Concepts, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3676 | 3 |
| 3674 | 2 |
| 3672 | 2 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 2688 | 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 |
| 19182258 | DISPLACEMENT OF A TUBULAR STRING THROUGH A WELLBORE | Thru Tubing Solutions, Inc. | CARROLL, DAVID P. | 3674 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 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 |
| 19013898 | FLOW RATE AND RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENT WITH ENHANCED ACCURACY AT LOW FLOW RATES | Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC | CULLER, JILL E | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 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 |
| 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 |
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