Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
ZarleyConley PLC has managed 1977 career applications within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 84.23, showing its ability to navigate the prosecution process to a conclusion for its clients. This rate reflects the firm's presence and results in these mechanical and e-commerce sectors.
The firm currently has 5 pending office actions. Its historical data shows an avg office actions per allowance of 3.71, which describes a prosecution style that involves multiple rounds of negotiation or amendment with the patent office to secure allowances. This average provides insight into the firm's pursuit of patent protection through the examination process.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAYO, TARA LEIGH | 1 | 74.6% | +11.3% |
| PRICE, CRAIG JAMES | 1 | 68.9% | +22.1% |
| LAUX, DAVID J | 1 | 65.0% | +28.3% |
| SCOVILLE, BLAKE E | 1 | 73.6% | +29.3% |
| WOOD, KIMBERLY T | 1 | 54.8% | +27.6% |
| MORSE, GREGORY ALLAN | 1 | 46.2% | +35.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18165225 | SHIPPING ASSEMBLY FOR HAMMERMILL HAMMERS | WOOD, KIMBERLY T | 104d overdue |
| 17858383 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CROP CHARACTERISTICS | MORSE, GREGORY ALLAN | 70d |
| 18733345 | SYSTEM OF DETECTING AND POSITION SEED FOR PLANTING | MAYO, TARA LEIGH | — |
| 18655012 | WALL FAUCET ASSEMBLY | PRICE, CRAIG JAMES | — |
| 18313194 | STRIP FRESHENER ASSEMBLY | SCOVILLE, BLAKE 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18165225 | SHIPPING ASSEMBLY FOR HAMMERMILL HAMMERS | WOOD, KIMBERLY T | 104d overdue |
| 17858383 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CROP CHARACTERISTICS | MORSE, GREGORY ALLAN | 70d |
| 18733345 | SYSTEM OF DETECTING AND POSITION SEED FOR PLANTING | MAYO, TARA LEIGH | — |
| 18655012 | WALL FAUCET ASSEMBLY | PRICE, CRAIG JAMES | — |
| 18598649 | PADDLE SWEEP ASSEMBLY | LAUX, DAVID J | — |
| 18313194 | STRIP FRESHENER ASSEMBLY | SCOVILLE, BLAKE E | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Gary W. Clem, Inc. | 2 |
| MERRILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY | 1 |
| The Shivvers Group, Inc. | 1 |
| Don Sandell | 1 |
| Jacobs | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 2 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3631 | 1 |
| 2698 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18733345 | SYSTEM OF DETECTING AND POSITION SEED FOR PLANTING | Gary W. Clem, Inc. | MAYO, TARA LEIGH | 3671 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18655012 | WALL FAUCET ASSEMBLY | Merrill Manufacturing Company | PRICE, CRAIG JAMES | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18598649 | PADDLE SWEEP ASSEMBLY | The Shivvers Group, Inc. | LAUX, DAVID J | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 | |
| 18313194 | STRIP FRESHENER ASSEMBLY | Don Sandell | SCOVILLE, BLAKE E | 3671 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
| 18165225 | SHIPPING ASSEMBLY FOR HAMMERMILL HAMMERS | Jacobs Corporation | WOOD, KIMBERLY T | 3631 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | 104d overdue | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
| 17858383 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CROP CHARACTERISTICS | Gary W. Clem, Inc. | MORSE, GREGORY ALLAN | 2698 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Jul 06, 2022 |
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