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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Guangzhou Xin'An Trading Co. Ltd. is currently managing 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This portfolio of 4 pending actions indicates an active pursuit of patent protection for its medical and mechanical innovations. The company's focus on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering is the primary area of its current prosecution activity, reflecting its commitment to protecting its engineering designs.
The applications are being reviewed by 4 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. With 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, every case is assigned to a different individual. However, the involvement of only 2 distinct art units suggests that these 4 distinct examiners are concentrated within just two specialized departments, which may lead to some consistency in examination standards and procedural requirements for the company.
NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the busiest examiner pending count is 1 and there are 4 total pending office actions, the workload is evenly spread among the 4 distinct examiners. This distribution within only 2 distinct art units means the company must manage four different examiner relationships while navigating the specific requirements of two departments to advance its 4 total pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | 1 | 80.8% | +13.7% |
| PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 1 | 72.8% | +25.3% |
| ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | 1 | 48.9% | +19.2% |
| GRUBY, RANDALL A | 1 | 62.4% | +43.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19080917 | COLD DRINK MACHINE WITH WASHABLE FREEZING CYLINDER | NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | — |
| 19078378 | DETACHABLE DISPENSING DEVICE FOR COLD DRINK AND COLD DRINK MACHINE | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | — |
| 19017765 | SLUSH MACHINE | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| 19006353 | DISCHARGING MECHANISM OF COLD DRINK DISPENSER | GRUBY, RANDALL 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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19080917 | COLD DRINK MACHINE WITH WASHABLE FREEZING CYLINDER | NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | — |
| 19078378 | DETACHABLE DISPENSING DEVICE FOR COLD DRINK AND COLD DRINK MACHINE | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | — |
| 19017765 | SLUSH MACHINE | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| 19006353 | DISCHARGING MECHANISM OF COLD DRINK DISPENSER | GRUBY, RANDALL A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 2 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19080917 | COLD DRINK MACHINE WITH WASHABLE FREEZING CYLINDER | NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | 3763 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 16, 2025 |
| 19078378 | DETACHABLE DISPENSING DEVICE FOR COLD DRINK AND COLD DRINK MACHINE | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 3754 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19017765 | SLUSH MACHINE | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2025 |
| 19006353 | DISCHARGING MECHANISM OF COLD DRINK DISPENSER | GRUBY, RANDALL A | 3754 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
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