Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
1360625 B C Ltd. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are split between 2 distinct examiners, indicating that each active case is receiving an independent review. However, both actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's current patent applications.
KUMAR, RAKESH is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for exactly 1 case. This distribution shows that while the technical classification is unified under 1 distinct art unit, the administrative review is divided between KUMAR, RAKESH and another examiner.
Practitioners should note that the concentration of both pending office actions in 1 art unit may lead to consistent technical feedback from the patent office. However, the involvement of 2 distinct examiners means that procedural experiences may still vary. Coordinating the prosecution of the 1 pending office action handled by KUMAR, RAKESH with the other active case will be important for maintaining a cohesive strategy in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUMAR, RAKESH | 1 | 57.2% | +28.2% |
| DONG, LIANG | 1 | 53.2% | +32.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18639774 | ARTICULATING PAPER DISPENSER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE AND INSTALLATION | DONG, LIANG | 45d overdue |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18639774 | ARTICULATING PAPER DISPENSER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE AND INSTALLATION | DONG, LIANG | 45d overdue |
| 18927643 | MEDICAL CARTRIDGE DISPENSERS, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE | KUMAR, RAKESH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18927643 | MEDICAL CARTRIDGE DISPENSERS, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE | KUMAR, RAKESH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18639774 | ARTICULATING PAPER DISPENSER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE AND INSTALLATION | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
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