Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Goodpack Ibc (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, meaning each matter is being reviewed by a different individual. The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that the company's technology is concentrated in a single specialized examination group.
THOMAS, KAREEN KAY is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. This count of 1 is shared by the other distinct examiner involved in the 2 pending office actions. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit for 2 pending office actions indicates a high degree of technical focus. Practitioners must navigate the specific requirements of 2 different examiners while working within the same art unit in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. This concentration within a single art unit suggests that the company's mechanical innovations are being evaluated by a closely related group of experts.
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 (50%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, KAREEN KAY | 1 | 77.0% | +17.1% |
| GEHMAN, BRYON P | 1 | 73.8% | +30.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19215071 | Cargo Unit | THOMAS, KAREEN KAY | — |
| 19079884 | Collapsible Crate | GEHMAN, BRYON P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19215071 | Cargo Unit | THOMAS, KAREEN KAY | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19079884 | Collapsible Crate | GEHMAN, BRYON P | 3736 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
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