Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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
Eastern Industrial Corp. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This prosecution activity is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The singular focus suggests a highly specialized or narrow portfolio at this stage of the patent lifecycle. NGUYEN, UYEN T is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because all activity is limited to a single official, the company's immediate prosecution outcomes depend entirely on the individual practices and timelines of this specific person.
This lack of distribution across different art units or examiners means the portfolio does not currently face the variability often seen in larger, more diverse patent filings. Practitioners should note that the 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the company's current interaction with the patent office. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows for a focused strategy tailored to the specific examination standards of that unit. The presence of 1 busiest examiner pending action under NGUYEN, UYEN T indicates that there are no other examiners currently reviewing the company's applications. Consequently, the applicant can dedicate resources to addressing the specific requirements of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, UYEN T | 1 | 40.0% | +36.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18256613 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SHOCKABSORBING LANYARD FOR EASY LENGTH ADJUSTMENT OF POY | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 31d 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18256613 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SHOCKABSORBING LANYARD FOR EASY LENGTH ADJUSTMENT OF POY | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 31d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18256613 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SHOCKABSORBING LANYARD FOR EASY LENGTH ADJUSTMENT OF POY | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
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