Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dallager Mccarthy Holdings currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Both of these actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which indicates a highly concentrated prosecution effort. This arrangement means that the company's entire active portfolio in this technology area is being reviewed by the same individual.
The 2 pending office actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, further reinforcing the focused nature of the company's current filings. PAL, PRINCE is the busiest examiner, responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending actions. Because this single examiner is handling all of the 2 pending office actions within the same 1 art unit, their specific examination style and interpretation of prior art will be the determining factor for the company's success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAL, PRINCE | 2 | 70.8% | +16.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18905757 | Shaker System and Method | PAL, PRINCE | 147d 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18905757 | Shaker System and Method | PAL, PRINCE | 147d overdue |
| 19010768 | Shaker System and Method | PAL, PRINCE | 23d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3735 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19010768 | Shaker System and Method | PAL, PRINCE | 3735 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18905757 | Shaker System and Method | PAL, PRINCE | 3735 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 147d overdue | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
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