Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 6 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days
WALKER & JOCKE is a patent law firm with a substantial history in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has managed 1049 career applications, demonstrating significant experience in navigating the patent office. Its resolved allowance rate_pct stands at 91.5, which indicates a high level of success in securing patent grants for its clients.
On average, the firm experiences 2.33 office actions per allowance. This efficiency metric suggests a streamlined prosecution process relative to the complexity of the 1049 career applications handled. Currently, the firm has 4 pending office actions, representing a small fraction of its historical volume.
The combination of a 91.5 resolved allowance rate_pct and 2.33 average office actions per allowance provides a benchmark for performance in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Practitioners can use these figures to evaluate the firm's historical consistency and current capacity.
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 | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 1 | 73.5% | +30.4% |
| MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1 | 81.6% | +2.8% |
| WILENSKY, MOSHE K | 1 | 75.4% | +15.8% |
| SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | 1 | 78.5% | +17.1% |
| JOHNSON, CHRISTINA ANN | 1 | 41.3% | -13.4% |
| LAUX, DAVID J | 1 | 65.2% | +28.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18868921 | MULTI-CHAMBER CLOSED STRUCTURAL ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MULTI-CHAMBER CLOSED STRUCTURAL ELEMENT | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | — |
| 18854333 | METHOD OF HEAT TREATMENT OF MEDIUM- AND HIGH-CARBON ALLOY STEEL AND USE THEREOF | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | — |
| 18903252 | AXIAL LOAD SUPPORT MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | — |
| 18752905 | CAN CLOSING MACHINE | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18868921 | MULTI-CHAMBER CLOSED STRUCTURAL ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MULTI-CHAMBER CLOSED STRUCTURAL ELEMENT | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | — |
| 18903252 | AXIAL LOAD SUPPORT MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | — |
| 18752905 | CAN CLOSING MACHINE | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | — |
| 18080457 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCINERATING WASTE | LAUX, DAVID J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 2 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18868921 | MULTI-CHAMBER CLOSED STRUCTURAL ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MULTI-CHAMBER CLOSED STRUCTURAL ELEMENT | Zieta Prozessdesign Spólka Z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 3635 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18854333 | METHOD OF HEAT TREATMENT OF MEDIUM- AND HIGH-CARBON ALLOY STEEL AND USE THEREOF | Politechnika Warszawska | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18903252 | AXIAL LOAD SUPPORT MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | Instytut Formy Sp. Z O.O. | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | 3635 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18752905 | CAN CLOSING MACHINE | Pneumatic Scale Corporation | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | 3725 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18712075 | PLASTIC MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A PLASTIC MATERIAL | Aixlens GmbH | JOHNSON, CHRISTINA ANN | 1742 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18080457 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCINERATING WASTE | Martin GmbH Fur Umwelt- Und Energietechnik | LAUX, DAVID J | 3762 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial91.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Walker & Jocke were allowed, across 1,049 applications in USPTO records.
2.33 office actions per allowed application on average.
6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 6 clients, before 6 examiners in 5 art units.