Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Flow Control LLC company patent portfolio operates within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Current prosecution activity is characterized by 1 pending office action, which is distributed across 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a focused technical scope for the entity's intellectual property development.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is JARIWALA, CHIRAG, who is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there is 1 pending office action in total, JARIWALA, CHIRAG is responsible for the entirety of the active prosecution workload. This activity is localized within 1 distinct art unit, indicating that the legal strategy is confined to a specific niche within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
Practitioners should note that with only 1 distinct examiner involved, the outcome of the current pending office action will significantly impact the overall success of the portfolio. The alignment of 1 pending office action with 1 distinct art unit reflects a streamlined interaction with the patent office. This approach allows for a dedicated focus on securing specific assets without the complexity of multiple simultaneous examinations.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWELL, MARC C | 1 | 68.7% | +24.5% |
| JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 1 | 62.1% | +27.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17522112 | BILGE PUMP HAVING OUTSIDE SENSING SURFACE WITH RIBS | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 12d |
| 18786869 | INLINE GAS/LIQUID INFUSION SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTABLE ABSORPTION OUTPUT AND SELF-TUNING CAPACITY | HOWELL, MARC C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1774 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18786869 | INLINE GAS/LIQUID INFUSION SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTABLE ABSORPTION OUTPUT AND SELF-TUNING CAPACITY | HOWELL, MARC C | 1774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 17522112 | BILGE PUMP HAVING OUTSIDE SENSING SURFACE WITH RIBS | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Nov 09, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialFlow Control LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Marc C Howell has the most, with 1 of Flow Control LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
