Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 6 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Albea Services faces 12 pending office actions concentrated in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 11 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. The high number of examiners relative to the 12 pending actions indicates that most examiners are handling only a unique matter, though the 6 distinct art units suggest some level of technical clustering within the USPTO. This distribution requires the company to manage 11 distinct examiners while navigating the standards of the various art units.
COURTNEY NGUYEN HUYNH is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. This concentration under HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN represents the only instance of multiple actions being handled by a single individual, as the remaining actions are split among the other distinct examiners. Practitioners should note that while the pending office actions are spread across 6 distinct art units, the majority of the prosecution effort involves unique examiner interactions. The presence of 11 distinct examiners means that the company's strategy in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering must be flexible enough to accommodate various individual preferences while managing the 2 pending office actions under the busiest examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 6 (46%) |
| §102 only | 2 (15%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | 2 | 41.4% | +50.7% |
| ARIF, NOAH JACOB | 1 | — | — |
| IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | 1 | 55.4% | +24.7% |
| LONG, DONNELL ALAN | 1 | 75.8% | +15.1% |
| WALCZAK, DAVID J | 1 | 74.1% | +17.7% |
| ASQIRIBA, KARIM | 1 | 57.7% | +46.5% |
| JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | 1 | 80.1% | +17.3% |
| BALDRIGHI, ERIC C | 1 | 42.2% | +41.7% |
| NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA | 1 | 30.2% | +39.8% |
| STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 1 | 54.4% | +26.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18899408 | TUBE HEAD HAVING AN OVAL SHAPE AND TUBE COMPRISING SAID TUBE HEAD | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18985881 | APPLICATOR FOR COSMETIC PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR MASCARA, AND ASSOCIATED APPLICATOR ASSEMBLY | HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | 2d overdue |
| 19349331 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING AND APPLYING A FLUID PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR A FLUID COSMETIC PRODUCT | HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | — |
| 19092597 | TUBE HEAD AND TUBE COMPRISING SAID TUBE HEAD | ARIF, NOAH JACOB | — |
| 18996784 | ACTUATING PART FOR A STORAGE SUBASSEMBLY OF A FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSER, ASSOCIATED SUBASSEMBLY AND DISPENSER | WALCZAK, DAVID J | — |
| 18539846 | APPLICATOR END PIECE FOR COSMETIC PRODUCT, ASSOCIATED APPLICATOR AND APPLICATOR ASSEMBLY | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18985881 | APPLICATOR FOR COSMETIC PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR MASCARA, AND ASSOCIATED APPLICATOR ASSEMBLY | HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | 2d overdue |
| 18602381 | HINGED CAPSULE EQUIPPED WITH AN TAMPER-EVIDENT DEVICE | BALDRIGHI, ERIC C | 27d |
| 19349331 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING AND APPLYING A FLUID PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR A FLUID COSMETIC PRODUCT | HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | — |
| 19085602 | TUBE COMPRISING A CONNECTING RING BETWEEN A SHOULDER AND A SKIRT | IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | — |
| 18996779 | FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSER COMPRISING AN ACTUATING PART FOR A STORAGE SUB-ASSEMBLY | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | — |
| 18996784 | ACTUATING PART FOR A STORAGE SUBASSEMBLY OF A FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSER, ASSOCIATED SUBASSEMBLY AND DISPENSER | WALCZAK, DAVID J | — |
| 18940138 | FALSE EYELASH SUPPORT FOR FALSE EYELASH DISPENSING DEVICE, ASSOCIATED DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING A NEW FALSE EYELASH SUPPORT | ASQIRIBA, KARIM | — |
| 18899408 | TUBE HEAD HAVING AN OVAL SHAPE AND TUBE COMPRISING SAID TUBE HEAD | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 3 |
| 3799 | 2 |
| 3754 | 2 |
| 3735 | 2 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19349331 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING AND APPLYING A FLUID PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR A FLUID COSMETIC PRODUCT | HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2025 |
| 19092597 | TUBE HEAD AND TUBE COMPRISING SAID TUBE HEAD | ARIF, NOAH JACOB | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19085602 | TUBE COMPRISING A CONNECTING RING BETWEEN A SHOULDER AND A SKIRT | IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | 3799 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 18996779 | FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSER COMPRISING AN ACTUATING PART FOR A STORAGE SUB-ASSEMBLY | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18996784 | ACTUATING PART FOR A STORAGE SUBASSEMBLY OF A FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSER, ASSOCIATED SUBASSEMBLY AND DISPENSER | WALCZAK, DAVID J | 3754 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18985881 | APPLICATOR FOR COSMETIC PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR MASCARA, AND ASSOCIATED APPLICATOR ASSEMBLY | HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | 3772 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18940138 | FALSE EYELASH SUPPORT FOR FALSE EYELASH DISPENSING DEVICE, ASSOCIATED DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING A NEW FALSE EYELASH SUPPORT | ASQIRIBA, KARIM | 3754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18899408 | TUBE HEAD HAVING AN OVAL SHAPE AND TUBE COMPRISING SAID TUBE HEAD | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18602381 | HINGED CAPSULE EQUIPPED WITH AN TAMPER-EVIDENT DEVICE | BALDRIGHI, ERIC C | 3733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18409438 | CONTAINER WITH TUBULAR SKIRT | NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA | 3735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18572721 | APPLICATOR FOR A COSMETIC PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR MASCARA, ASSOCIATED APPLICATOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH AN APPLICATOR | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 3772 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18539846 | APPLICATOR END PIECE FOR COSMETIC PRODUCT, ASSOCIATED APPLICATOR AND APPLICATOR ASSEMBLY | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 3799 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 16683874 | Cap for a Receptacle and Receptacle, in Particular Tube, in Particular Flexible Tube for a Cosmetic Product, Provided with Said Cap | PERREAULT, ANDREW D | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2019 |
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