Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Danyang Upc Auto Parts Co. Ltd. currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed across 4 distinct examiners, indicating that each assigned individual is handling a single case. All of these cases are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a highly specialized focus for the company's intellectual property efforts.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is HENSON, KATINA N, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because each assigned examiner is handling exactly the same number of cases, the workload is perfectly balanced across the identified personnel. This distribution means that no single individual holds a disproportionate influence over the portfolio's progression through the patent office.
Practitioners should note that the concentration in a single art unit may lead to consistent examination standards. While the examiners are different individuals, their shared unit suggests they likely follow similar internal guidelines and precedents. This structural alignment provides a predictable environment for prosecution strategy within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENSON, KATINA N | 1 | 56.6% | +31.9% |
| HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | 1 | 80.9% | +17.5% |
| HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 1 | 67.5% | +44.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18906785 | WIPER CONNECTION STRUCTURE | HENSON, KATINA N | — |
| 18736447 | ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE OF WIPER DRIVING ARM AND ACCESSORY PIECE | HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18444661 | MIDDLE BLADE STRUCTURE OF WIPER AND WIPER DEVICE | HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 6d |
| 18906785 | WIPER CONNECTION STRUCTURE | HENSON, KATINA N | — |
| 18736447 | ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE OF WIPER DRIVING ARM AND ACCESSORY PIECE | HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18906785 | WIPER CONNECTION STRUCTURE | HENSON, KATINA N | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18736447 | ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE OF WIPER DRIVING ARM AND ACCESSORY PIECE | HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18444661 | MIDDLE BLADE STRUCTURE OF WIPER AND WIPER DEVICE | HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 3723 | §102 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Feb 17, 2024 |
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