Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 6 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
G D S P A has 12 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are spread across 6 distinct art units, showing a focused but multi-faceted technical portfolio. The prosecution is handled by 12 distinct examiners, which means that every single pending action is being reviewed by a different individual at the patent office. This distribution across 12 distinct examiners for 12 pending office actions implies that there is no examiner-specific concentration for the company to manage.
KOTIS, JOSHUA G is the busiest examiner, though they only have 1 pending office action, which is the same as every other examiner in this portfolio. The 6 distinct art units suggest that the 12 pending office actions are grouped into several technical clusters, even though the 12 distinct examiners are all different. Managing 12 pending office actions with 12 distinct examiners across 6 art units requires the company to be prepared for a range of individual perspectives. Practitioners should ensure that the prosecution of these 12 actions remains consistent despite the lack of examiner overlap.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 (15%) |
| §102 only | 2 (15%) |
| §112 only | 3 (23%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 1 | 74.2% | +57.0% |
| WEEKS, GLORIA R | 1 | 70.4% | +12.4% |
| MORRISON, THOMAS A | 1 | 74.0% | +30.3% |
| OH, HARRY Y | 1 | 85.2% | +17.0% |
| DEUBLE, MARK A | 1 | 88.2% | +8.2% |
| COLLINS, RAVEN | 1 | 62.5% | +10.4% |
| COLLINS, MICHAEL | 1 | 70.8% | +23.0% |
| SHABMAN, MARK A | 1 | 84.2% | +13.4% |
| TILL, TERRENCE R | 1 | 81.0% | +34.2% |
| SPARKS, RUSSELL E | 1 | 63.7% | +14.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18789161 | FILLING UNIT FOR FILLING A SUCCESSION OF TUBULAR WRAPPERS OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY | TILL, TERRENCE R | 181d overdue |
| 18998715 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CENTRING COMPONENTS | DEUBLE, MARK A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18006565 | CONTROL METHOD IN A PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR ARTICLES AND A PRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR ARTICLES OPERATING ACCORDING TO THIS METHOD | KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN | 8d overdue |
| 19474601 | MANUFACTURING MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGES FOR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | — |
| 19259111 | STORAGE UNIT FOR BLANKS AND RELATED METHOD | MORRISON, THOMAS A | — |
| 19126071 | PROCESS FOR THE AUTOMATED HANDLING OF PRODUCTS WITHIN A PLANT | OH, HARRY Y | — |
| 18873397 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE TIGHTNESS OF CONTAINERS CLOSED BY RESPECTIVE MEMBRANES | SHABMAN, MARK A | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18789161 | FILLING UNIT FOR FILLING A SUCCESSION OF TUBULAR WRAPPERS OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY | TILL, TERRENCE R | 181d overdue |
| 19474601 | MANUFACTURING MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGES FOR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | — |
| 19154548 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR FOLDING SHEETS | WEEKS, GLORIA R | — |
| 19259111 | STORAGE UNIT FOR BLANKS AND RELATED METHOD | MORRISON, THOMAS A | — |
| 19126071 | PROCESS FOR THE AUTOMATED HANDLING OF PRODUCTS WITHIN A PLANT | OH, HARRY Y | — |
| 18996050 | BOX, IN PARTICULAR A SNUS BOX, WITH CHILD-PROOF SAFETY OPENING | COLLINS, RAVEN | — |
| 18880718 | RESERVOIR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE RESERVOIR | COLLINS, MICHAEL | — |
| 18873397 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE TIGHTNESS OF CONTAINERS CLOSED BY RESPECTIVE MEMBRANES | SHABMAN, MARK A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 4 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19474601 | MANUFACTURING MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGES FOR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 19154548 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR FOLDING SHEETS | WEEKS, GLORIA R | 3731 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 |
| 19259111 | STORAGE UNIT FOR BLANKS AND RELATED METHOD | MORRISON, THOMAS A | 3653 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19126071 | PROCESS FOR THE AUTOMATED HANDLING OF PRODUCTS WITHIN A PLANT | OH, HARRY Y | 3657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 18998715 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CENTRING COMPONENTS | DEUBLE, MARK A | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18996050 | BOX, IN PARTICULAR A SNUS BOX, WITH CHILD-PROOF SAFETY OPENING | COLLINS, RAVEN | 3735 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18880718 | RESERVOIR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE RESERVOIR | COLLINS, MICHAEL | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18873397 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE TIGHTNESS OF CONTAINERS CLOSED BY RESPECTIVE MEMBRANES | SHABMAN, MARK A | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18789161 | FILLING UNIT FOR FILLING A SUCCESSION OF TUBULAR WRAPPERS OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY | TILL, TERRENCE R | 3993 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 181d overdue | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18662725 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOVING TUBULAR BODIES | SPARKS, RUSSELL E | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18594871 | ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING ONE OR MORE EXTENSIVE PROPERTIES OF A PRODUCT AND MEASURING METHOD THEREOF | HULS, NATALIE F | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18006565 | CONTROL METHOD IN A PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR ARTICLES AND A PRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR ARTICLES OPERATING ACCORDING TO THIS METHOD | KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jan 23, 2023 |
| 17798140 | A MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MAKING A CONTINUOUS TUBULAR ELEMENT WITH FILLING HAVING A SPACER AND/OR FILTER FUNCTION | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2022 |
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