Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Hubbell Power Systems Inc. has 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. All 4 of these actions are housed within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specific technical focus for their mechanical filings. The prosecution is handled by 3 distinct examiners, indicating that at least one examiner is reviewing more than one application. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows the company to focus its strategy on the specific requirements of a single technical division within the patent office.
PRONE, JASON D is the busiest examiner, managing 2 of the 4 pending office actions. This concentration of 2 actions with one examiner in 1 distinct art unit allows for a focused prosecution approach. The remaining actions are assigned to the other 2 distinct examiners involved in this portfolio. For the practitioner, the fact that 2 of the 4 actions are with PRONE, JASON D means that this examiner's preferences will influence 2 of the 4 current Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings. The use of 1 distinct art unit for all 4 actions ensures technical consistency.
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%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRONE, JASON D | 2 | 61.9% | +24.5% |
| ALIE, GHASSEM | 1 | 69.4% | +32.5% |
| DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN | 1 | 37.7% | +30.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18800076 | CABLE SHAVING TOOL | ALIE, GHASSEM | 20d |
| 19236275 | SHAVING TOOL WITH UPRIGHT HANDLE | PRONE, JASON D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18800076 | CABLE SHAVING TOOL | ALIE, GHASSEM | 20d |
| 18484336 | HIGH PRECISION CABLE STRIPPING TOOLS | PRONE, JASON D | 30d |
| 19236275 | SHAVING TOOL WITH UPRIGHT HANDLE | PRONE, JASON D | — |
| 17504843 | CUTTING TOOL FOR CABLE SHEATHING | DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19236275 | SHAVING TOOL WITH UPRIGHT HANDLE | PRONE, JASON D | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 18800076 | CABLE SHAVING TOOL | ALIE, GHASSEM | 3724 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Aug 11, 2024 |
| 18484336 | HIGH PRECISION CABLE STRIPPING TOOLS | PRONE, JASON D | 3724 | §112 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 17504843 | CUTTING TOOL FOR CABLE SHEATHING | DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialHubbell Power Systems Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
Jason D Prone has the most, with 2 of Hubbell Power Systems Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
