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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Diageo Great Britain Limited has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 action constitutes the current active prosecution for the company's portfolio. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the pending matter falls within a specific technical niche managed by the patent office. Such a focused portfolio allows for a specialized legal approach to the pending application. The 1 distinct art unit provides a stable environment for the company's current patent efforts.
The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner, concentrating the company's current legal interactions. COLLINS, RAVEN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because this examiner manages 1 pending action, the company's immediate success in this technology area relies on addressing the specific concerns raised by this 1 examiner. The prosecution strategy is therefore dependent on the individual interpretation and requirements of this 1 official. Having 1 distinct examiner means the company can focus its resources on a single set of examination criteria for its 1 pending office action.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, RAVEN | 1 | 62.6% | +10.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18385491 | BOTTLE | COLLINS, RAVEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18385491 | BOTTLE | COLLINS, RAVEN | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDiageo Great Britain Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Raven Collins has the most, with 1 of Diageo Great Britain Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
