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 • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bakner Manufacturing LLC has 1 pending office action located in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This activity involves 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner. LOPEZ, ERICK I is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 pending action. The concentration of the portfolio's pending workload under a specific examiner and art unit simplifies the current prosecution landscape. This focus within Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering suggests a targeted intellectual property strategy.
With 1 distinct examiner managing the 1 pending office action, the company is dealing with a unified review process. The 1 distinct art unit involved indicates that the subject matter is being evaluated by a specialized group at the patent office. LOPEZ, ERICK I is the individual examiner responsible for the entirety of the pending cases. This setup ensures that the 1 pending action is not subject to the varying interpretations of multiple examiners or art units.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOPEZ, ERICK I | 1 | 53.4% | +29.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18847244 | APPAREL ARTICLE WITH TEXTURED GRIP | LOPEZ, ERICK I | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18847244 | APPAREL ARTICLE WITH TEXTURED GRIP | LOPEZ, ERICK I | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18847244 | APPAREL ARTICLE WITH TEXTURED GRIP | LOPEZ, ERICK I | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialBakner Manufacturing LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Erick I Lopez has the most, with 1 of Bakner Manufacturing LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.