Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Amada Machinery Co. Ltd. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, the subject matter remains within a specific technical niche at the USPTO.
DONG, LIANG is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This represents a portion of the total pending workload for the company, suggesting a focused examination path despite the involvement of multiple examiners. The presence of distinct examiners for the pending actions means that the applications in the current pipeline are being handled by different individuals, requiring the applicant to adapt to different examination styles.
The alignment of the active matters within the specified art unit indicates a consistent classification of the company's mechanical and medical innovations. Practitioners should note that while the examiners differ, the underlying policy and prior art trends of that specific unit will likely influence both pending matters. This structure allows for some predictability in the examination environment even as the company engages with multiple USPTO personnel.
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 | 2 (67%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | 1 | 83.6% | +12.4% |
| DONG, LIANG | 1 | 53.2% | +32.9% |
| LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | 1 | 54.9% | +30.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18846487 | PRODUCT CARRYING-OUT DEVICE AND PRODUCT CARRYING-OUT METHOD FOR STEEL MATERIAL CUTTING MACHINE | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18846487 | PRODUCT CARRYING-OUT DEVICE AND PRODUCT CARRYING-OUT METHOD FOR STEEL MATERIAL CUTTING MACHINE | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | — |
| 18698842 | BAND SAW BLADE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BAND SAW BLADE | DONG, LIANG | — |
| 18567740 | STRUCTURE BODY CUTTING SYSTEM, STRUCTURE BODY CUTTING METHOD, AND CUTTER SYSTEM | LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18846487 | PRODUCT CARRYING-OUT DEVICE AND PRODUCT CARRYING-OUT METHOD FOR STEEL MATERIAL CUTTING MACHINE | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18698842 | BAND SAW BLADE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BAND SAW BLADE | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18567740 | STRUCTURE BODY CUTTING SYSTEM, STRUCTURE BODY CUTTING METHOD, AND CUTTER SYSTEM | LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | 3724 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
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