Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gstc LLC is currently managing 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners, which means at least a specific examiner is handling more than an application for the company. All pending matters are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a cohesive technical focus for the current portfolio.
CHU, KING M is the busiest examiner for the company, with 2 pending office actions under their review. This represents a majority of the company's 3 total pending actions, making this examiner's decisions particularly impactful for the portfolio's immediate progress. By having 2 of its pending workload assigned to a single person, the company may be able to streamline its prosecution strategy by addressing multiple applications through a single point of contact. This concentration of work under an examiner in the 1 art unit allows for a more unified approach to the medical device and mechanical engineering matters currently at issue.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHU, KING M | 2 | 75.4% | +13.2% |
| CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED | 1 | 56.3% | +30.9% |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19266938 | VACUUM RETENTION SYSTEM CONTAINER HAVING VERTICAL WALLS WITH SOLID WELDS | CHU, KING M | — |
| 19265013 | VACUUM RETENTION SYSTEM CONTAINER WITH FARADAY-SHIELDING LAYER | CHU, KING M | — |
| 19188691 | GOLF BAG COVER WITH AIR-RELEASE CLUB RETENTION SYSTEM | CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3735 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19266938 | VACUUM RETENTION SYSTEM CONTAINER HAVING VERTICAL WALLS WITH SOLID WELDS | CHU, KING M | 3735 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19265013 | VACUUM RETENTION SYSTEM CONTAINER WITH FARADAY-SHIELDING LAYER | CHU, KING M | 3735 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19188691 | GOLF BAG COVER WITH AIR-RELEASE CLUB RETENTION SYSTEM | CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
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