Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 105 patents granted in the last 365 days
Delta Faucet Company currently has 6 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These cases are handled by 6 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units, meaning every pending action is assigned to the different individual. This lack of examiner overlap suggests that the company's prosecution efforts are decentralized. JANIE MEREDITH LOEPPKE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, though she only has 1 pending office action.
Because the total number of pending office actions is distributed among the examiners, no single official holds the position of influence over multiple applications. The 4 distinct art units involved indicate that while the examiners are all different, there is the concentration of the technology within specific examination groups. Practitioners managing these cases must develop independent examiner relationships. The art units may offer opportunities for consistent technical arguments.
The individual preferences of the officials will likely dictate the pace of prosecution. The focus on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering provides the technological baseline for the entire set of active matters. Successfully navigating the requirements of JANIE MEREDITH LOEPPKE and the other officials is necessary for the company's progress. The 1 pending office action assigned to the busiest examiner represents the portion of the company's current activity.
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 (17%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 1 | 55.3% | +29.0% |
| CARROLL, JEREMY W | 1 | 74.8% | +12.3% |
| NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | 1 | 81.3% | +12.7% |
| BARRERA, JUAN C | 1 | 63.3% | +35.0% |
| DEERY, ERIN LEAH | 1 | 58.3% | +49.1% |
| HICKS, ANGELISA | 1 | 63.3% | +22.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18897816 | VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRONIC FAUCET | NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18787484 | DUAL HANDLE CENTER MOUNTED FAUCET | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | 46d |
| 18800853 | SHOWERHEAD INCLUDING SPRAY NOZZLE AND DEFLECTOR | BARRERA, JUAN C | — |
| 18719014 | ELECTRONIC FAUCET INCLUDING A SCHEDULER | HICKS, ANGELISA | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18787484 | DUAL HANDLE CENTER MOUNTED FAUCET | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | 46d |
| 19095878 | BATHING WALL SYSTEM | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — |
| 18928690 | WALL SUPPORTED SHOWER SEAT | CARROLL, JEREMY W | — |
| 18897816 | VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRONIC FAUCET | NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | — |
| 18800853 | SHOWERHEAD INCLUDING SPRAY NOZZLE AND DEFLECTOR | BARRERA, JUAN C | — |
| 18719014 | ELECTRONIC FAUCET INCLUDING A SCHEDULER | HICKS, ANGELISA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 3 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19095878 | BATHING WALL SYSTEM | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 18928690 | WALL SUPPORTED SHOWER SEAT | CARROLL, JEREMY W | 3754 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18897816 | VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRONIC FAUCET | NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | 3754 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18800853 | SHOWERHEAD INCLUDING SPRAY NOZZLE AND DEFLECTOR | BARRERA, JUAN C | 3752 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18787484 | DUAL HANDLE CENTER MOUNTED FAUCET | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18719014 | ELECTRONIC FAUCET INCLUDING A SCHEDULER | HICKS, ANGELISA | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
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