Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 78 patents granted in the last 365 days
Findlay Machine & Tool LLC currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners, meaning each case is being reviewed by a different person. Both matters are situated within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a strong technical focus for the company's current filings. This concentration in 1 art unit may provide a consistent technical environment for prosecution.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J, who handles 1 busiest examiner pending action. With a total of 2 pending office actions, the workload is evenly shared by the 2 distinct examiners. Practitioners will need to manage 2 different examiner relationships within the same 1 distinct art unit. The data indicates a small portfolio with a focused technical scope but a distributed examiner assignment. The use of 2 distinct examiners for the pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit means that while the technical field is the same, the individual examiner preferences may vary.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 1 | 61.2% | +35.2% |
| ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J | 1 | 77.8% | +15.1% |
| HONG, SEAHEE | 1 | 68.7% | +29.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19280723 | LIFT HANDLE FOR RECEPTACLE | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | — |
| 18623299 | STOWABLE WORKSTATION AND ROLLING TOOLBOX DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD | HONG, SEAHEE | — |
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 3 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 | — |
| 18623299 | STOWABLE WORKSTATION AND ROLLING TOOLBOX DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD | HONG, SEAHEE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 1 |
| 3723 | 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 | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 18623299 | STOWABLE WORKSTATION AND ROLLING TOOLBOX DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD | HONG, SEAHEE | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
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