Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd. has 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, though they are all contained within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that while the company is engaging with multiple individuals, the subject matter remains concentrated within a single organizational division of the patent office. Such a structure allows for a consistent approach to technical arguments within that specific unit.
MENGESHA, WEBESHET serves as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, overseeing 3 pending office actions. This represents a significant portion of the company's 4 pending office actions. The remaining pending action is handled by the other of the 2 distinct examiners. This distribution suggests that the outcomes for most of the company's current prosecution efforts are heavily influenced by the specific tendencies of a single examiner within the 1 distinct art unit. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the preferences of this primary examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 3 | 47.2% | +12.7% |
| KING, BRIAN M | 1 | 70.1% | +23.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18712080 | SHIP BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 36d |
| 18691301 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING BOIL-OFF GAS OF SHIP | KING, BRIAN M | 61d |
| 18702724 | PURGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION APPARATUS FOR SHIP | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18712080 | SHIP BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 36d |
| 18691301 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING BOIL-OFF GAS OF SHIP | KING, BRIAN M | 61d |
| 18702724 | PURGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION APPARATUS FOR SHIP | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | — |
| 18576695 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELIQUEFYING BOIL-OFF GAS OF VESSEL | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18712080 | SHIP BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18702724 | PURGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION APPARATUS FOR SHIP | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18691301 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING BOIL-OFF GAS OF SHIP | KING, BRIAN M | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18576695 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELIQUEFYING BOIL-OFF GAS OF VESSEL | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
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