Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
12 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 51 patents granted in the last 365 days
AS America Inc. is currently managing 12 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 5 distinct art units, suggesting a focus on specific mechanical and medical sub-sectors. The prosecution involves 8 distinct examiners, which indicates that some examiners are handling multiple applications for the company.
The busiest examiner, LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH, is responsible for 3 pending office actions, representing one-quarter of the total 12 pending actions. This concentration is notable, meaning that the outcomes of cases handled by this specific examiner will have a significant impact on the overall status of the pending inventory. With 8 distinct examiners in total, the remaining actions are spread among several other individuals.
The involvement of 5 distinct art units requires the company to navigate the specific examination cultures of several different USPTO divisions. Because LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH handles 3 pending actions, there is an opportunity to apply consistent arguments across those specific files. However, the overall reliance on 8 distinct examiners still necessitates a flexible approach to meet the diverse requirements of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 3 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 3 | 55.3% | +29.0% |
| CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | 2 | 57.3% | +31.5% |
| SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 2 | 61.7% | +20.0% |
| SPICER, JENINE MARIE | 1 | 51.1% | +19.0% |
| DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | 1 | 65.9% | +35.4% |
| ZHOU, QINGZHANG | 1 | 67.3% | +24.5% |
| DIETERLE, JENNIFER M | 1 | 66.1% | +27.2% |
| MULLER, BRYAN R | 1 | 43.8% | +30.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18024125 | Microfluidic Oscillator | ZHOU, QINGZHANG | 24d overdue |
| 18536352 | Connected Sanitaryware Systems and Methods | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 16d overdue |
| 18840442 | MAGNETIC SELF-DOCKING FAUCET | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 43d |
| 19220501 | MOLDED FIBER PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR TOILETS | SPICER, JENINE MARIE | — |
| 18926903 | Primed Jet Toilet | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | — |
| 18842389 | PLUMBING FIXTURE SIPHON FLOW ACTUATOR | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | — |
| 18730743 | VENTURI DEVICE TO DISPLACE AIR FROM PLUMBING FIXTURE TRAPWAY | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — |
| 17798436 | SHOWER AND FILTER ASSEMBLY | DIETERLE, JENNIFER M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18024125 | Microfluidic Oscillator | ZHOU, QINGZHANG | 24d overdue |
| 18536352 | Connected Sanitaryware Systems and Methods | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 16d overdue |
| 18024900 | Ergonomic Toilet Seat | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | 27d |
| 18840442 | MAGNETIC SELF-DOCKING FAUCET | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 43d |
| 19220501 | MOLDED FIBER PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR TOILETS | SPICER, JENINE MARIE | — |
| 18926903 | Primed Jet Toilet | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | — |
| 18857416 | DUAL-TRAP TOILET HAVING IMPROVED PRESSURIZATION AND FLUSHING | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | — |
| 18842389 | PLUMBING FIXTURE SIPHON FLOW ACTUATOR | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 7 |
| 3752 | 2 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19220501 | MOLDED FIBER PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR TOILETS | SPICER, JENINE MARIE | 3736 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 18926903 | Primed Jet Toilet | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18857416 | DUAL-TRAP TOILET HAVING IMPROVED PRESSURIZATION AND FLUSHING | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 3754 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18842389 | PLUMBING FIXTURE SIPHON FLOW ACTUATOR | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18840442 | MAGNETIC SELF-DOCKING FAUCET | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 3754 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 43d | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18839877 | ECO-FRIENDLY SHOWERHEAD | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | 3752 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18730743 | VENTURI DEVICE TO DISPLACE AIR FROM PLUMBING FIXTURE TRAPWAY | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18536352 | Connected Sanitaryware Systems and Methods | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 3754 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18024900 | Ergonomic Toilet Seat | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | 3754 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 06, 2023 |
| 18024125 | Microfluidic Oscillator | ZHOU, QINGZHANG | 3752 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Mar 01, 2023 |
| 17798436 | SHOWER AND FILTER ASSEMBLY | DIETERLE, JENNIFER M | 1779 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2022 |
| 17775491 | INSTALLATION TOOL AND METHOD FOR A TOILET | MULLER, BRYAN R | 3723 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 09, 2022 |
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