Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fuji Seal International Inc. is managing 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This workload is handled by 4 distinct examiners, creating a distributed point of contact for the company's current legal strategy. The prosecution is situated within 2 distinct art units, reflecting a specific technical focus for the pending applications.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is HELVEY, PETER N., who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. As there are 4 pending office actions total, this examiner manages a portion of the current activity for Fuji Seal International Inc. The alignment of 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units suggests that the company is navigating a focused examination path even with multiple personnel involved.
Practitioners should note that the prosecution of the pending workload depends on the review of 4 distinct examiners. With 2 distinct art units involved, the prior art landscape is likely concentrated within specific groups. The company's presence in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering is currently represented by these interactions at the patent office.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HELVEY, PETER N. | 1 | 54.6% | +19.1% |
| PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 1 | 58.1% | +24.7% |
| KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 1 | 74.2% | +57.0% |
| LAN, YAN | 1 | 63.1% | +21.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18872380 | TUBE CONTAINER, TUBE CONTAINER WITH CONTENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TUBE CONTAINER | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | — |
| 18693381 | RAW MATERIAL, FILM PACKAGE, AND CONTAINER | LAN, YAN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18846270 | HOT AIR SHRINK TUNNEL FOR HEAT SHRINKING A SHRINK LABEL, METHOD FOR HEAT SHRINKING A SHRINK LABEL, AND HEAT SHRINKING APPARATUS FOR HEAT SHRINKING A SHRINK LABEL | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 43d |
| 18873365 | POUCH | HELVEY, PETER N. | — |
| 18872380 | TUBE CONTAINER, TUBE CONTAINER WITH CONTENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TUBE CONTAINER | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | — |
| 18693381 | RAW MATERIAL, FILM PACKAGE, AND CONTAINER | LAN, YAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3734 | 1 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18873365 | POUCH | HELVEY, PETER N. | 3734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18872380 | TUBE CONTAINER, TUBE CONTAINER WITH CONTENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TUBE CONTAINER | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18846270 | HOT AIR SHRINK TUNNEL FOR HEAT SHRINKING A SHRINK LABEL, METHOD FOR HEAT SHRINKING A SHRINK LABEL, AND HEAT SHRINKING APPARATUS FOR HEAT SHRINKING A SHRINK LABEL | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18693381 | RAW MATERIAL, FILM PACKAGE, AND CONTAINER | LAN, YAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
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