Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fiskars Finland Oy AB has 7 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, who are located across 2 distinct art units. This indicates a high level of individual examiner involvement relative to the number of art units. NGUYEN, PHONG H is the busiest examiner, holding 2 pending office actions. This individual manages a larger portion of the workload compared to the other examiners, who each handle the remaining pending actions.
The concentration of 6 examiners within 2 art units suggests that the company's filings are focused on specific technical categories but are being reviewed by several different individuals. Practitioners must manage 7 separate prosecution tracks while dealing with the policies of the assigned art units. This complexity requires a coordinated strategy to ensure consistency across the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering portfolio. The distribution of actions across the staff highlights a diverse set of perspectives within a narrow technical range. Navigating this environment involves balancing the specific preferences of the different examiners while adhering to the standards of the assigned units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (83%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, PHONG H | 2 | 70.7% | +20.6% |
| WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 1 | 34.5% | +79.2% |
| CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A | 1 | 52.1% | +46.8% |
| PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | 1 | 73.9% | +30.0% |
| DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN | 1 | 36.9% | +30.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17987278 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A KNIFE BLADE AND KNIFE BLADE | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | 26d |
| 18946314 | CORD REEL ASSEMBLY | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | — |
| 18328638 | PLANTING MAT | CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A | — |
| 18107698 | ADJUSTABLE SEPARATION SHEERS | NGUYEN, PHONG H | — |
| 17974979 | BLADE COVER AND AXE ASSEMBLY | DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17987278 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A KNIFE BLADE AND KNIFE BLADE | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | 26d |
| 18946314 | CORD REEL ASSEMBLY | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | — |
| 18328638 | PLANTING MAT | CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A | — |
| 18115841 | TREE PRUNER | NGUYEN, PHONG H | — |
| 18107698 | ADJUSTABLE SEPARATION SHEERS | NGUYEN, PHONG H | — |
| 17974979 | BLADE COVER AND AXE ASSEMBLY | DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 4 |
| 3643 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18946314 | CORD REEL ASSEMBLY | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18328638 | PLANTING MAT | CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A | 3643 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
| 18115841 | TREE PRUNER | NGUYEN, PHONG H | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2023 |
| 18107698 | ADJUSTABLE SEPARATION SHEERS | NGUYEN, PHONG H | 3724 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2023 |
| 17987278 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A KNIFE BLADE AND KNIFE BLADE | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | 3724 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Nov 15, 2022 |
| 17974979 | BLADE COVER AND AXE ASSEMBLY | DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN | 3724 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2022 |
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