Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Guangzhou Lianrou Machinery & Equipment Co. Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SMITH, JACOB A. As the busiest examiner for the portfolio, SMITH, JACOB A is responsible for 1 pending office action.
The prosecution activity is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit. This focus means that the company's current engagement with the patent office is limited to 1 specific area and 1 individual examiner. With only 1 pending office action, the prosecution profile is streamlined. Practitioners should note that SMITH, JACOB A and the 1 distinct art unit represent the entirety of the company's current workload in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Because there are no other pending actions, the firm cannot compare the performance of SMITH, JACOB A against other examiners in the same field. This makes the specific interactions with the 1 distinct examiner the primary driver of the company's immediate patent outcomes and overall strategy in this technology area.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, JACOB A | 1 | 81.9% | +17.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18761878 | BED MESH COMBINATION DEVICE, BED MESH COMBINATION METHOD, AND BED MESH MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME | SMITH, JACOB 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18761878 | BED MESH COMBINATION DEVICE, BED MESH COMBINATION METHOD, AND BED MESH MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME | SMITH, JACOB A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18761878 | BED MESH COMBINATION DEVICE, BED MESH COMBINATION METHOD, AND BED MESH MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME | SMITH, JACOB A | 3731 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
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