Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dispensing Technologies B V has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 2 distinct examiners and the distinct art units involved, indicating that the company is pursuing different technical paths or applications. This lack of concentration suggests a broader approach to their current intellectual property strategy within the medical and mechanical sectors.
The busiest examiner, PANCHOLI, VISHAL J, is currently handling 1 pending action. Since the pending office actions are split between different examiners, the company must adapt its prosecution tactics to the specific requirements of separate art units and individuals. This distribution requires the company to manage distinct examiner relationships, each potentially having different standards for patentability. The fact that each of the 2 pending office actions is in a different art unit further emphasizes the need for specialized technical expertise to address the unique challenges presented by each examiner.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 1 | 72.8% | +25.3% |
| SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | 1 | 51.3% | +40.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18277617 | PRODUCT DISPENSING SYSTEM COMPRISING A MOTOR DRIVEN AIR PUMP, A DISPENSING DEVICE AND A PRODUCT CONTAINER | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18428243 | GAS-FILLED RESILIENT BODY AND USE THEREOF | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 28d |
| 18277617 | PRODUCT DISPENSING SYSTEM COMPRISING A MOTOR DRIVEN AIR PUMP, A DISPENSING DEVICE AND A PRODUCT CONTAINER | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18428243 | GAS-FILLED RESILIENT BODY AND USE THEREOF | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 3754 | §102 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18277617 | PRODUCT DISPENSING SYSTEM COMPRISING A MOTOR DRIVEN AIR PUMP, A DISPENSING DEVICE AND A PRODUCT CONTAINER | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | 3752 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
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