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
Bellwether Coffee Co. currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's filings are being reviewed by multiple technical groups within the patent office. The prosecution involves 3 distinct examiners, which means each pending action is assigned to a different individual. This distribution suggests a varied prosecution landscape where the company must address different examiner styles across its active applications.
THONG, YEONG JUEN is designated as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently holding 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action represents a portion of the 3 pending office actions total for the company. The fact that 3 distinct examiners are involved across 2 distinct art units suggests that the company must manage multiple examiner perspectives within a limited number of technical units. This distribution of 3 pending office actions requires a coordinated effort to maintain consistency across the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON | 1 | 50.4% | +53.9% |
| THONG, YEONG JUEN | 1 | 49.4% | +53.4% |
| TRAN, TIFFANY T | 1 | 59.4% | +48.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18429293 | COFFEE ROASTING SYSTEM HAVING A REMOVABLE VESSEL WITH A RESIDUAL CHAFF CHAMBER AND RESIDUAL WATER CHAMBER | WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON | 29d |
| 18429295 | COFFEE ROASTING SYSTEM HAVING AN AGITATOR BLADE SET WITH A MINIMUM AIR GAP | THONG, YEONG JUEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17482858 | COFFEE ROASTING SYSTEM WITH ROASTING AND COOLING SUBSYSTEMS | TRAN, TIFFANY T | 80d overdue |
| 18429293 | COFFEE ROASTING SYSTEM HAVING A REMOVABLE VESSEL WITH A RESIDUAL CHAFF CHAMBER AND RESIDUAL WATER CHAMBER | WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON | 29d |
| 18429295 | COFFEE ROASTING SYSTEM HAVING AN AGITATOR BLADE SET WITH A MINIMUM AIR GAP | THONG, YEONG JUEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 2 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18429293 | COFFEE ROASTING SYSTEM HAVING A REMOVABLE VESSEL WITH A RESIDUAL CHAFF CHAMBER AND RESIDUAL WATER CHAMBER | WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18429295 | COFFEE ROASTING SYSTEM HAVING AN AGITATOR BLADE SET WITH A MINIMUM AIR GAP | THONG, YEONG JUEN | 1792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 17482858 | COFFEE ROASTING SYSTEM WITH ROASTING AND COOLING SUBSYSTEMS | TRAN, TIFFANY T | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 80d overdue | Pending | Sep 23, 2021 |
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