Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hd Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. operates within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently faces 2 pending office actions, which are distributed among 2 distinct examiners. This distribution suggests a focused prosecution strategy where each examiner handles a specific portion of the active workload. Practitioners must navigate these interactions carefully to ensure consistency across the active files.
The portfolio is currently situated within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration indicates that the company's technical disclosures are being reviewed by a single specialized group at the patent office. Because the pending office actions are localized in this manner, the specific practices of this 1 distinct art unit will influence the overall trajectory of the company's patent acquisitions.
AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY is identified as the busiest examiner for this applicant. This examiner is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Given the distinct examiners involved in the portfolio's current activity, the work of AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY represents a primary point of contact for the company's legal representatives. Managing this busiest examiner pending office action effectively is critical for the portfolio's success.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | 1 | 79.7% | +17.1% |
| SEHN, MICHAEL L | 1 | 81.2% | +12.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19477007 | MULTI-FUEL ENGINE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | — |
| 18730791 | SHIP | SEHN, MICHAEL L | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19477007 | MULTI-FUEL ENGINE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | — |
| 18730791 | SHIP | SEHN, MICHAEL L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19477007 | MULTI-FUEL ENGINE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | 3746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2025 |
| 18730791 | SHIP | SEHN, MICHAEL L | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHd Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Anthony Ayala Delgado has the most, with 1 of Hd Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.