Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ecotensil Inc. is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Both of these actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN, who is the busiest examiner with 2 pending office actions. These matters are also contained within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a centralized prosecution environment for the company.
This concentration of 2 pending office actions under 1 distinct examiner and within 1 distinct art unit provides an opportunity for a unified prosecution strategy. Practitioners can focus entirely on the specific expectations and historical patterns of IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN. The lack of diversity in examiners and art units for these 2 pending actions suggests that the company's current legal efforts are focused on a specific technical area. This centralized approach can lead to predictable outcomes across the portfolio.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | 2 | 55.4% | +24.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19340953 | UTENSILS WITH EXTENDED HANDLES | IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | — |
| 18158114 | UTENSIL CONTIGUOUS WITH AN ELEMENT OF A FOOD PACKAGE | IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19340953 | UTENSILS WITH EXTENDED HANDLES | IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | — |
| 18158114 | UTENSIL CONTIGUOUS WITH AN ELEMENT OF A FOOD PACKAGE | IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3799 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19340953 | UTENSILS WITH EXTENDED HANDLES | IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 18158114 | UTENSIL CONTIGUOUS WITH AN ELEMENT OF A FOOD PACKAGE | IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | 3799 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2023 |
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