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
Birwelco Usa Inc. is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, with a patent portfolio that currently includes 1 pending office action. This prosecution is managed by 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates a focused intellectual property strategy, with all current activity concentrated in a specific technical niche.
JONES, LOGAN P is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. As the only examiner currently reviewing the company's pending matters, their role is central to the portfolio's immediate progress. The technical expertise and individual examination style of JONES, LOGAN P will be the primary factors in determining the outcome of the current prosecution efforts.
For practitioners, the focus on 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector allows for a highly targeted prosecution strategy. However, the reliance on 1 pending office action means that the resolution of this case is a primary priority for the portfolio. Understanding the specific standards of the assigned art unit and the previous decisions of JONES, LOGAN P will be essential for successfully navigating the pending action and securing patent rights.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, LOGAN P | 1 | 43.3% | +31.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18446663 | COMPENSATOR FOR CONTROLLING AIRFLOW IN FIRED HEATER | JONES, LOGAN P | 59d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18446663 | COMPENSATOR FOR CONTROLLING AIRFLOW IN FIRED HEATER | JONES, LOGAN P | 59d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18446663 | COMPENSATOR FOR CONTROLLING AIRFLOW IN FIRED HEATER | JONES, LOGAN P | 3762 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Aug 09, 2023 |
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