Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Anthony Palacio is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is being processed within 1 distinct art unit, showing a concentrated technical focus for the current patent activity. The matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY, who is also the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action.
With only 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner involved, the interaction with the USPTO is limited to a single point of contact. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit means the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the specific standards of that unit and the individual approach of AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY. Practitioners managing this portfolio have a narrow scope of active examiner engagement at this time. The outcome of the active efforts in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector rests on this individual examination within that 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | 1 | 79.7% | +17.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19479820 | A FLAP VALVE MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL MICROPUMP | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19479820 | A FLAP VALVE MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL MICROPUMP | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19479820 | A FLAP VALVE MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL MICROPUMP | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | 3746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialAnthony Palacio has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Anthony Ayala Delgado has the most, with 1 of Anthony Palacio's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.