Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Drylock Technologies NV currently has 8 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are concentrated in 2 distinct art units. This concentration suggests that while the volume of actions is moderate, the technical focus is relatively narrow. Having only 2 distinct art units involved may allow for a more streamlined understanding of the specific examination standards applied to the portfolio.
The portfolio is handled by 6 distinct examiners. ANDERSON, CATHARINE L is the busiest examiner, overseeing 2 pending office actions. Because the 8 pending office actions are limited to 2 distinct art units, the prosecution team may find consistent procedural trends within those units, even while navigating the preferences of 6 different examiners. The fact that 6 distinct examiners are involved for 8 actions indicates some overlap, but still requires managing multiple individual perspectives.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 3 (43%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | 2 | 65.3% | +20.9% |
| KIDWELL, MICHELE M | 2 | 63.9% | +18.8% |
| SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 1 | 50.6% | +51.0% |
| TRAN, NHU | 1 | 68.4% | +17.5% |
| KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 1 | 62.9% | +27.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17756457 | SWIM DIAPER | KIDWELL, MICHELE M | 87d overdue |
| 15733774 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE | KIDWELL, MICHELE M | 70d 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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17756457 | SWIM DIAPER | KIDWELL, MICHELE M | 87d overdue |
| 15733774 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE | KIDWELL, MICHELE M | 70d overdue |
| 16613562 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH CHANNELS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 9d overdue |
| 18965587 | FASTENING SYSTEM FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLES | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | — |
| 18854956 | ABSORBENT INSERT | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | — |
| 16613602 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH CHANNELS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | TRAN, NHU | — |
| 16613544 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH CHANNELS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 4 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18965587 | FASTENING SYSTEM FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLES | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18854956 | ABSORBENT INSERT | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 17756457 | SWIM DIAPER | KIDWELL, MICHELE M | 3781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 87d overdue | Pending | May 25, 2022 |
| 15733774 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE | KIDWELL, MICHELE M | 3781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 70d overdue | Pending | Oct 22, 2020 |
| 16613602 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH CHANNELS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | TRAN, NHU | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2019 |
| 16613544 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH CHANNELS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | 3700 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2019 |
| 16613562 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH CHANNELS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Nov 14, 2019 |
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