Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Durq Machinery Corp. currently has 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 pending office actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners, which indicates that at least 1 examiner is responsible for more than 1 of the company's pending applications. This distribution among 2 distinct examiners suggests a more focused interaction with the examining corps compared to portfolios where each action has a unique examiner.
The prosecution is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, meaning all 3 pending office actions are being reviewed by the same specialized technical division at the USPTO. PAYER, HWEI-SIU C is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 2 pending office actions. With only 2 distinct examiners involved in total, PAYER, HWEI-SIU C handles a majority of the company's 3 pending office actions. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit means the company's success in this technology area is heavily influenced by the review of just 2 individuals.
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 (33%) |
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | 2 | 73.9% | +30.0% |
| AYALA, FERNANDO A | 1 | 53.6% | +26.2% |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19065761 | SAWING MACHINE WITH LIFTABLE SAW BLADE GUARD | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | — |
| 19064156 | SAWING MACHINE WITH ADJUSTABLE ANGLE | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | — |
| 18673714 | SAWING DEVICE HAVING VISUAL RECOGNITION FUNCTION | AYALA, FERNANDO A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19065761 | SAWING MACHINE WITH LIFTABLE SAW BLADE GUARD | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | 3724 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19064156 | SAWING MACHINE WITH ADJUSTABLE ANGLE | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | 3724 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 18673714 | SAWING DEVICE HAVING VISUAL RECOGNITION FUNCTION | AYALA, FERNANDO A | 3724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
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