Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
12 pending office actions • 6 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Exel Industries has 10 pending office actions concentrated in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio shows significant fragmentation, as these matters are spread across 10 distinct examiners. This distribution indicates that no single individual has a dominant influence over the company's current prosecution outcomes.
The organizational breadth is further evidenced by the involvement of 5 distinct art units. This variety indicates that the company's Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings are being evaluated across several different specialized groups within the patent office. HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, though this individual is only responsible for 1 pending office action.
With 5 distinct art units and the examiners involved, the prosecution strategy faces a wide range of examination styles. The fact that the busiest examiner, HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN, only handles a single pending office action confirms that the 10 pending office actions are entirely decentralized across the patent office's personnel. This structure necessitates coordinating with many different examiners within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 2 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIEUWEN, CODY J | 1 | 59.8% | +46.0% |
| HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | 1 | 74.5% | +60.9% |
| TAN, ALVIN H | 1 | 57.0% | +19.0% |
| LEE, CHEE-CHONG | 1 | 64.4% | +52.4% |
| PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN | 1 | 67.8% | +35.3% |
| ZHANG, RICHARD Z | 1 | 65.9% | +64.5% |
| BURGESS, MARC R | 1 | 33.9% | +24.1% |
| MEILLER, SEAN V | 1 | 73.9% | +38.1% |
| LOPEZLIRA, ASHLEY NICOLE | 1 | 71.2% | +42.0% |
| FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 1 | 53.7% | +28.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18781867 | Process for Rinsing a Coating Product Application Device, and Associated Device | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | 8d overdue |
| 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 | — |
| 18796299 | Spraying member and rotary coating product projector comprising such a spraying member | PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN | — |
| 18712060 | SYSTEM OF ARTICULATED FINS FOR A BOAT | BURGESS, MARC R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18500377 | POINT OF INTEREST SPRAY SYSTEM | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 26d overdue |
| 18781867 | Process for Rinsing a Coating Product Application Device, and Associated Device | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | 8d overdue |
| 18670179 | SPRAY BOOM COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SECONDARY DUCT SECTION | MEILLER, SEAN V | 12d |
| 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 | — |
| 18796299 | Spraying member and rotary coating product projector comprising such a spraying member | PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 3 |
| 1714 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| 2117 | 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 | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 18916138 | MULTIPLE NOZZLE HOLDER FOR AGRICULTURAL SPRAY SYSTEM | HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18809888 | GARDEN WATERING FLOW METERS | TAN, ALVIN H | — | §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 |
| 18796299 | Spraying member and rotary coating product projector comprising such a spraying member | PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN | 3752 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18781867 | Process for Rinsing a Coating Product Application Device, and Associated Device | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | 1714 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18712060 | SYSTEM OF ARTICULATED FINS FOR A BOAT | BURGESS, MARC R | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18670179 | SPRAY BOOM COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SECONDARY DUCT SECTION | MEILLER, SEAN V | 3741 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18658676 | COMPOSTER | LOPEZLIRA, ASHLEY NICOLE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18500377 | POINT OF INTEREST SPRAY SYSTEM | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 2117 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 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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