Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fameccanica.Data S.p.A. is currently prosecuting 9 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 9 actions are distributed across 5 distinct art units, showing a variety of mechanical innovations. There are 9 distinct examiners assigned to these 9 actions, so every case has a unique reviewer. This ratio of 1 examiner to each pending action means that no two cases share the same examiner. The 9 pending office actions represent a diverse range of technical challenges within the mechanical engineering sector.
PAL, PRINCE is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 pending office action. Because each of the 9 examiners is responsible for only 1 action, the company faces 9 different sets of examiner expectations. The 5 distinct art units further suggest that the 9 pending actions cover several different mechanical sub-fields. Practitioners should develop 9 individualized strategies to address the 9 pending office actions. The 9 distinct examiners provide a variety of feedback across the 5 distinct art units. This portfolio requires managing 9 separate examiner relationships simultaneously.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAL, PRINCE | 1 | 70.8% | +16.5% |
| MARTIN, VERONICA | 1 | 82.7% | +13.4% |
| WEINERTH, GIDEON R | 1 | 57.6% | +15.0% |
| SMITH JR., JIMMY R | 1 | 65.1% | +42.7% |
| LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 1 | 69.3% | +35.4% |
| LE, QUYNH DAO | 1 | 34.8% | +10.1% |
| BATTISTI, DEREK J | 1 | 51.4% | +36.0% |
| KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM | 1 | — | — |
| PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 1 | 59.0% | +50.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18717695 | A RECLOSABLE FLEXIBLE POUCH AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING RECLOSABLE FLEXIBLE POUCHES | BATTISTI, DEREK J | 62d |
| 19271022 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOXING PRODUCTS | MARTIN, VERONICA | — |
| 18873804 | METHOD FOR MAKING FLAT BOX BLANKS AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING PRODUCTS | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | — |
| 18339343 | Gripping device and apparatus for handling products | KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18303004 | ABSORBENT SANITARY ARTICLE WITH SIDE PANELS | PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 18d overdue |
| 18717695 | A RECLOSABLE FLEXIBLE POUCH AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING RECLOSABLE FLEXIBLE POUCHES | BATTISTI, DEREK J | 62d |
| 19311199 | CHILD-PROOF PAPER OR CARDBOARD CONTAINER | PAL, PRINCE | — |
| 19271022 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOXING PRODUCTS | MARTIN, VERONICA | — |
| 19206143 | Package of absorbent sanitary articles, method and machine for packaging absorbent sanitary articles | WEINERTH, GIDEON R | — |
| 19085227 | An apparatus for cutting and applying elastically stretched tape segments | SMITH JR., JIMMY R | — |
| 18873804 | METHOD FOR MAKING FLAT BOX BLANKS AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING PRODUCTS | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | — |
| 18921129 | closing element for producing absorbent sanitary articles | LE, QUYNH DAO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 2 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 3734 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19311199 | CHILD-PROOF PAPER OR CARDBOARD CONTAINER | PAL, PRINCE | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 19271022 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOXING PRODUCTS | MARTIN, VERONICA | 3731 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19206143 | Package of absorbent sanitary articles, method and machine for packaging absorbent sanitary articles | WEINERTH, GIDEON R | 3736 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19085227 | An apparatus for cutting and applying elastically stretched tape segments | SMITH JR., JIMMY R | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 18873804 | METHOD FOR MAKING FLAT BOX BLANKS AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING PRODUCTS | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18921129 | closing element for producing absorbent sanitary articles | LE, QUYNH DAO | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18717695 | A RECLOSABLE FLEXIBLE POUCH AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING RECLOSABLE FLEXIBLE POUCHES | BATTISTI, DEREK J | 3734 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18339343 | Gripping device and apparatus for handling products | KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM | 4100 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18303004 | ABSORBENT SANITARY ARTICLE WITH SIDE PANELS | PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
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