Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
13 pending office actions • 1 client • 11 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wissing Miller - Hubbell operates in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area, where it has managed 1312 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 91.39 percent, which is a high success metric for this technical domain. There are currently 14 pending office actions being handled by the firm. On average, the firm requires 3.12 office actions per allowance to secure a patent grant.
This figure of 3.12 suggests a consistent prosecution effort that involves multiple rounds of communication with the USPTO. The 91.39 percent allowance rate across 1312 career applications indicates that the firm's approach is highly effective at converting semiconductor and optical innovations into granted patents. With 14 pending office actions, the firm continues to apply its established methodology to its current docket. Practitioners can interpret the average of 3.12 office actions per allowance as a sign of persistence, while the 91.39 percent allowance rate serves as a strong indicator of the firm's overall effectiveness. The historical volume of 1312 career applications provides a significant data set to support these performance metrics.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 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. 9 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 | 5 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIGUEROA, FELIX O | 3 | 57.9% | +14.5% |
| GERTH, KATIE L | 1 | 75.7% | +16.9% |
| SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | 1 | 78.4% | +17.2% |
| MAYO III, WILLIAM H | 1 | 77.0% | -3.9% |
| DRAGICEVICH, ZACHARY T | 1 | 79.6% | +4.7% |
| GUGGER, SEAN A | 1 | 64.9% | +23.0% |
| GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 59.0% | +23.3% |
| GUSHI, ROSS N | 1 | 83.9% | +2.2% |
| CHU, KATHERINE J | 1 | 46.2% | +21.1% |
| ODOM, CURTIS B | 1 | 87.1% | +11.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18122547 | ELECTRICAL WIRING DEVICES WITH SCREWLESS WIRE TERMINALS | GUSHI, ROSS N | 321d overdue |
| 17320163 | PROXIMITY-BASED CONTACT TRACING SYSTEM | ODOM, CURTIS B | 24d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18764838 | ELECTRICAL WIRING DEVICES WITH SCREWLESS CONNECTION TERMINALS | FIGUEROA, FELIX O | 98d overdue |
| 18431471 | Push to Connect Electrical Connector with Integral Release | DRAGICEVICH, ZACHARY T | 86d overdue |
| 17347490 | LIGHTWEIGHT VAULT COVER | CHU, KATHERINE J | 79d overdue |
| 18076934 | ELECTRICAL WIRING DEVICES WITH SCREWLESS CONNECTION TERMINALS | FIGUEROA, FELIX O | 12d |
| 18781369 | TERMINATIONS FOR ELECTRICAL WIRING DEVICES | MAYO III, WILLIAM H | — |
| 16390108 | ELECTRICAL CONDUIT COUPLER | BOCHNA, DAVID | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18764838 | ELECTRICAL WIRING DEVICES WITH SCREWLESS CONNECTION TERMINALS | FIGUEROA, FELIX O | 98d overdue |
| 17347490 | LIGHTWEIGHT VAULT COVER | CHU, KATHERINE J | 79d overdue |
| 19034189 | PORTABLE HAND-HELD HYDRAULIC TOOLS | GERTH, KATIE L | 71d overdue |
| 18558456 | TRACER WIRE JUMPERS AND PIGTAILS | GUGGER, SEAN A | 45d overdue |
| 17320163 | PROXIMITY-BASED CONTACT TRACING SYSTEM | ODOM, CURTIS B | 24d overdue |
| 18197599 | ELECTRICAL COMPONENT HANGERS | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 4d overdue |
| 18076934 | ELECTRICAL WIRING DEVICES WITH SCREWLESS CONNECTION TERMINALS | FIGUEROA, FELIX O | 12d |
| 18785021 | PORTABLE IN-LINE DIELESS CRIMPING TOOL | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Hubbell | 13 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2831 | 3 |
| 3679 | 2 |
| 2834 | 2 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 3671 | 1 |
| 2631 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19034189 | PORTABLE HAND-HELD HYDRAULIC TOOLS | Hubbell Incorporated | GERTH, KATIE L | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 71d overdue | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18785021 | PORTABLE IN-LINE DIELESS CRIMPING TOOL | Hubbell Incorporated | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | 3725 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18781369 | TERMINATIONS FOR ELECTRICAL WIRING DEVICES | Hubbell Incorporated | MAYO III, WILLIAM H | 2841 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18764838 | ELECTRICAL WIRING DEVICES WITH SCREWLESS CONNECTION TERMINALS | Hubbell Incorporated | FIGUEROA, FELIX O | 2831 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | 98d overdue | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18764889 | ELECTRICAL WIRING DEVICES WITH SCREWLESS CONNECTION TERMINALS | Hubbell Incorporated | FIGUEROA, FELIX O | 2831 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18431471 | Push to Connect Electrical Connector with Integral Release | Hubbell Incorporated | DRAGICEVICH, ZACHARY T | 3679 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 86d overdue | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18558456 | TRACER WIRE JUMPERS AND PIGTAILS | Hubbell Incorporated | GUGGER, SEAN A | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18197599 | ELECTRICAL COMPONENT HANGERS | Hubbell Incorporated | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 3632 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | May 15, 2023 |
| 18122547 | ELECTRICAL WIRING DEVICES WITH SCREWLESS WIRE TERMINALS | Hubbell Incorporated | GUSHI, ROSS N | 2834 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 321d overdue | Pending | Mar 16, 2023 |
| 18076934 | ELECTRICAL WIRING DEVICES WITH SCREWLESS CONNECTION TERMINALS | Hubbell Incorporated | FIGUEROA, FELIX O | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Dec 07, 2022 |
| 17347490 | LIGHTWEIGHT VAULT COVER | Hubbell Incorporated | CHU, KATHERINE J | 3671 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 79d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2021 |
| 17320163 | PROXIMITY-BASED CONTACT TRACING SYSTEM | Hubbell Incorporated | ODOM, CURTIS B | 2631 | §103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | May 13, 2021 |
| 16390108 | ELECTRICAL CONDUIT COUPLER | Hubbell Incorporated | BOCHNA, DAVID | 3679 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2019 |
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