Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Fk Group S P A has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, HOLLY, LEE A, in 1 distinct art unit. HOLLY, LEE A is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, making her the sole individual currently reviewing the company's pending applications at the USPTO. This high level of concentration means that the company's entire active patent strategy is currently filtered through 1 examiner and 1 art unit.
For practitioners, this narrow focus requires a deep understanding of the specific examination style of HOLLY, LEE A. Because there is only 1 pending office action, there are no other cases to provide a baseline for comparison or to offset a potential rejection. The presence of 1 distinct art unit further limits the technical scope of the company's current activity. Success in this 1 case is critical, as it represents the entirety of the company's pending applications in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Practitioners should prepare for a highly focused interaction with the assigned examiner within this 1 art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLY, LEE A | 1 | 75.0% | +5.9% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18873380 | AUTOMATIC FLAT-PIECE CUTTING MACHINE AND RELATED METHOD | HOLLY, LEE A | 3724 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFk Group S P A has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Lee A Holly has the most, with 1 of Fk Group S P A's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.