Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Exel Industries currently manages 9 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are spread across 5 distinct art units, suggesting a variety of mechanical and medical technologies. The presence of 9 distinct examiners for 9 pending actions indicates a highly decentralized prosecution process. This distribution means that the company's current innovations are being evaluated by a wide range of technical experts at the patent office.
LIEUWEN, CODY J is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action. With no examiner handling more than 1 matter, the company faces a wide array of individual examiner styles and requirements. The distribution across 5 art units suggests some technical clustering, but the high number of 9 examiners means that prosecution strategies must be tailored to each individual case. Practitioners should be prepared for a diverse set of responses and should not expect a uniform prosecution experience across these 9 pending matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIEUWEN, CODY J | 1 | 59.6% | +45.8% |
| HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | 1 | 74.6% | +61.0% |
| TAN, ALVIN H | 1 | 56.9% | +18.6% |
| LEE, CHEE-CHONG | 1 | 64.3% | +52.5% |
| MEILLER, SEAN V | 1 | 74.1% | +38.3% |
| LOPEZLIRA, ASHLEY NICOLE | 1 | 70.2% | +36.8% |
| BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G | 1 | 75.7% | +29.2% |
| GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | 1 | 66.8% | +33.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18670179 | SPRAY BOOM COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SECONDARY DUCT SECTION | MEILLER, SEAN V | 12d |
| 18556192 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A PRODUCT IN A SUITABLE QUANTITY FOR LOCALIZED TREATMENT IN A PLOT OF LAND | BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G | 20d |
| 19074561 | SPRAYING SYSTEM COMPRISING A NOZZLE HOLDER WITH A VIBRATION SENSOR | LIEUWEN, CODY J | — |
| 18809888 | GARDEN WATERING FLOW METERS | TAN, ALVIN H | — |
| 18803110 | Rotary Atomizer Comprising a Rotary Bowl and Magnetic Coupling Means, and Method of Assembling and/or Disassembling Such an Atomizer | LEE, CHEE-CHONG | — |
| 18658676 | COMPOSTER | LOPEZLIRA, ASHLEY NICOLE | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18670179 | SPRAY BOOM COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SECONDARY DUCT SECTION | MEILLER, SEAN V | 12d |
| 18556192 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A PRODUCT IN A SUITABLE QUANTITY FOR LOCALIZED TREATMENT IN A PLOT OF LAND | BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G | 20d |
| 19074561 | SPRAYING SYSTEM COMPRISING A NOZZLE HOLDER WITH A VIBRATION SENSOR | LIEUWEN, CODY J | — |
| 18916138 | MULTIPLE NOZZLE HOLDER FOR AGRICULTURAL SPRAY SYSTEM | HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | — |
| 18809888 | GARDEN WATERING FLOW METERS | TAN, ALVIN H | — |
| 18803110 | Rotary Atomizer Comprising a Rotary Bowl and Magnetic Coupling Means, and Method of Assembling and/or Disassembling Such an Atomizer | LEE, CHEE-CHONG | — |
| 18658676 | COMPOSTER | LOPEZLIRA, ASHLEY NICOLE | — |
| 18483483 | DIRECT INJECTION SPRAYING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING DIRECT A DOSING INTERFACE | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 3 |
| 3741 | 2 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| 2674 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19074561 | SPRAYING SYSTEM COMPRISING A NOZZLE HOLDER WITH A VIBRATION SENSOR | LIEUWEN, CODY J | 3752 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 18916138 | MULTIPLE NOZZLE HOLDER FOR AGRICULTURAL SPRAY SYSTEM | HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | 3741 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18809888 | GARDEN WATERING FLOW METERS | TAN, ALVIN H | 2118 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18803110 | Rotary Atomizer Comprising a Rotary Bowl and Magnetic Coupling Means, and Method of Assembling and/or Disassembling Such an Atomizer | LEE, CHEE-CHONG | 3752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18670179 | SPRAY BOOM COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SECONDARY DUCT SECTION | MEILLER, SEAN V | 3741 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18658676 | COMPOSTER | LOPEZLIRA, ASHLEY NICOLE | 1799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18556192 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A PRODUCT IN A SUITABLE QUANTITY FOR LOCALIZED TREATMENT IN A PLOT OF LAND | BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G | 2674 | §101 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18483483 | DIRECT INJECTION SPRAYING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING DIRECT A DOSING INTERFACE | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | 3752 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialExel Industries has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 8 examiners.
Cody J Lieuwen has the most, with 1 of Exel Industries's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
