Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BORGWARNER EMISSIONS SYSTEMS SPAIN, S.L.U. currently has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners. For K. Ling is the busiest examiner, managing 2 of the pending actions.
All 4 pending actions are located within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that while multiple examiners are involved, the technical subject matter is uniform enough to be handled by a single administrative group. Practitioners can expect a consistent application of art unit-specific guidelines, even as they coordinate responses across the 3 different examiners.
The role of For K. Ling is particularly important, as this examiner handles 2 of the 4 pending matters. Achieving a favorable result with this examiner could significantly impact the overall health of the portfolio. The strategy should prioritize understanding For K. Ling's specific preferences while maintaining a cohesive technical argument that fits the standards of the single involved art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LING, FOR K. | 2 | 53.7% | +18.6% |
| RUBY, TRAVIS C | 1 | 53.9% | +27.4% |
| LANE, DEVON | 1 | 55.8% | +14.1% |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18442128 | COLLECTOR FOR HEAT EXCHANGE TUBE | LING, FOR K. | 19d |
| 18442136 | HEAT EXCHANGE TUBE | LANE, DEVON | 29d |
| 18668295 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR COOLING ONE OR MORE ELECTRICAL OR ELECTRONIC DEVICES | RUBY, TRAVIS C | 34d |
| 18376627 | Heat Exchanger | LING, FOR K. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18668295 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR COOLING ONE OR MORE ELECTRICAL OR ELECTRONIC DEVICES | RUBY, TRAVIS C | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18442128 | COLLECTOR FOR HEAT EXCHANGE TUBE | LING, FOR K. | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18442136 | HEAT EXCHANGE TUBE | LANE, DEVON | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18376627 | Heat Exchanger | LING, FOR K. | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2023 |
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