Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Asco L P currently has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are handled by 3 distinct examiners, which distributes the prosecution risk across different officials and ensures a variety of perspectives on the company's claims. The portfolio involves 2 distinct art units, reflecting a technical breadth that covers multiple mechanical or medical classifications within the USPTO.
Kevin F Murphy is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action currently assigned to him. Because there are 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners, the company's strategy must be adaptable to different examination styles and individual technical concerns. The use of 2 art units suggests that the company's innovations are being tested against different sets of technical prior art, requiring the applicant to manage separate tracks of classification standards.
The distribution of 3 pending actions among 3 distinct examiners allows the company to avoid a single point of failure in its prosecution efforts. However, the involvement of 2 distinct art units means that practitioners must be prepared for different technical requirements to be applied to the company's Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering innovations. Successfully navigating this portfolio requires a coordinated approach that addresses the specific feedback from Kevin F Murphy and the other assigned examiners while maintaining a consistent technical narrative.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURPHY, KEVIN F | 1 | 67.8% | +27.7% |
| RODAK, LEE E | 1 | 72.2% | +34.1% |
| KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 1 | 64.7% | +35.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19066116 | SOLENOID VALVE POPPET AFFIXMENT | MURPHY, KEVIN F | — |
| 18933581 | Device and Method for Anticipating Failure in a Solenoid Pilot Operated Control Valve for a Fieldbus Manifold Assembly | RODAK, LEE E | — |
| 18516861 | MODULAR MANIFOLD FOR USE WITH A MICROFLUIDICS CHIP AND HAVING TWO-WAY AND THREE-WAY PLATE MANIFOLDS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19066116 | SOLENOID VALVE POPPET AFFIXMENT | MURPHY, KEVIN F | — |
| 18933581 | Device and Method for Anticipating Failure in a Solenoid Pilot Operated Control Valve for a Fieldbus Manifold Assembly | RODAK, LEE E | — |
| 18516861 | MODULAR MANIFOLD FOR USE WITH A MICROFLUIDICS CHIP AND HAVING TWO-WAY AND THREE-WAY PLATE MANIFOLDS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19066116 | SOLENOID VALVE POPPET AFFIXMENT | MURPHY, KEVIN F | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 18933581 | Device and Method for Anticipating Failure in a Solenoid Pilot Operated Control Valve for a Fieldbus Manifold Assembly | RODAK, LEE E | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18516861 | MODULAR MANIFOLD FOR USE WITH A MICROFLUIDICS CHIP AND HAVING TWO-WAY AND THREE-WAY PLATE MANIFOLDS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 1796 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
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