Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Hass Corporation currently has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Both of these actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner and are situated within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a high level of consistency in the examination process for the company's current applications.
LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 2 busiest examiner pending actions. Since the total number of pending office actions is 2, this single examiner is responsible for every active matter the company has at the office. This concentration allows the applicant to develop a unified communication strategy.
The fact that 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit are handling all 2 pending office actions suggests that the technical subject matter is closely related. Practitioners can leverage the examiner's feedback on one action to inform their response to the other, potentially streamlining the prosecution of the entire Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 2 | 78.4% | +9.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19017404 | PREFABRICATED CROWN FOR DENTAL PROSTHETIC RESTORATION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19017404 | PREFABRICATED CROWN FOR DENTAL PROSTHETIC RESTORATION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 3772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 17942820 | PREFABRICATED CROWN FOR DENTAL PROSTHETIC RESTORATION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Sep 12, 2022 |
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