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
Gulf Wind Technology has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners and are all located within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration in a single art unit suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's pending applications. This allows the applicant to focus on the specific policies and procedures of 1 technical group at the USPTO.
REITZ, MICHAEL K. is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 2 pending office actions. This examiner handles 2 of the 3 total pending office actions. The remaining action is assigned to the other distinct examiner, ensuring that all 3 pending matters are reviewed within the same departmental framework. With 3 pending office actions and only 2 distinct examiners, the company benefits from a relatively centralized prosecution process, particularly with the entire workload residing in 1 distinct art unit within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REITZ, MICHAEL K. | 2 | 69.2% | +4.2% |
| RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C | 1 | 89.2% | +9.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19097467 | PASSIVE TRAILING EDGE INCLUDING COMPOSITE HINGE | REITZ, MICHAEL K. | 60d overdue |
| 19217944 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE WITH MULTI-ELEMENT AIRFOIL (MEA) | REITZ, MICHAEL K. | — |
| 19184315 | PASSIVE TRAILING EDGE INCLUDING LOAD-SHEDDING ASSEMBLY | RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3745 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19217944 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE WITH MULTI-ELEMENT AIRFOIL (MEA) | REITZ, MICHAEL K. | 3745 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19184315 | PASSIVE TRAILING EDGE INCLUDING LOAD-SHEDDING ASSEMBLY | RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19097467 | PASSIVE TRAILING EDGE INCLUDING COMPOSITE HINGE | REITZ, MICHAEL K. | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
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