Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 85 patents granted in the last 365 days
Findlay Machine & Tool LLC manages 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering space. The portfolio is split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. Rafael Alfredo Ortiz is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct art units involved for the pending actions, the prosecution is entirely decentralized. Each matter is subject to the specific requirements of a different examiner and a different art unit, requiring a tailored approach for each filing.
The presence of 2 distinct examiners means that no single individual has a dominant influence over the current portfolio. Rafael Alfredo Ortiz handles half of the active matters, while the other examiner handles the rest. Because the 2 pending office actions are located in different technical groups, the company must navigate two separate sets of guidelines. Practitioners should focus on the individual habits of Rafael Alfredo Ortiz and the other assigned examiner to ensure success. The lack of concentration in a single art unit or under a single examiner requires a versatile prosecution strategy for these 2 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 1 | 61.3% | +35.1% |
| ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J | 1 | 77.7% | +15.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19280723 | LIFT HANDLE FOR RECEPTACLE | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19280723 | LIFT HANDLE FOR RECEPTACLE | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | — |
| 19175780 | SHIPPING TRAY FOR BENCH SYSTEM AND METHOD | ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 1 |
| 3637 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19280723 | LIFT HANDLE FOR RECEPTACLE | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 3736 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19175780 | SHIPPING TRAY FOR BENCH SYSTEM AND METHOD | ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J | 3637 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialFindlay Machine & Tool LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Rafael Alfredo Ortiz has the most, with 1 of Findlay Machine & Tool LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
