Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. is navigating 8 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are spread across 5 distinct art units, reflecting a diverse range of technical classifications for their injection molding innovations. The portfolio involves 7 distinct examiners, suggesting that most pending actions are being reviewed by different officials. This high ratio of examiners to actions indicates a decentralized examination process for the company.
ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA serves as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding 2 pending office actions. These 2 actions are part of the 8 pending office actions currently active. With 7 distinct examiners assigned to the applications, the company faces a broad variety of examination styles and potential procedural requirements. The distribution across 5 distinct art units further highlights the complexity of the portfolio's technical footprint within the mechanical engineering sector, requiring specialized knowledge across multiple USPTO divisions.
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 | 6 (75%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | 2 | 63.5% | +24.6% |
| TAWFIK, SAMEH | 1 | 63.1% | +31.2% |
| DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1 | 80.4% | +14.0% |
| LIANG, SHIBIN | 1 | 62.8% | +17.0% |
| WANG, ALEXANDER A | 1 | 66.2% | +20.7% |
| GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | 1 | 72.2% | +18.6% |
| FRY, PATRICK B | 1 | 53.9% | +8.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18987118 | CLOSURE DEVICE FOR A CONTAINER | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | — |
| 18730605 | INJECTION MOLD COMPONENT | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18278130 | PLASTIC BLANK HEATING METHOD AND APPARATUS | LIANG, SHIBIN | 13d |
| 17997682 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MOLDING CONTROL | WANG, ALEXANDER A | 15d |
| 18987118 | CLOSURE DEVICE FOR A CONTAINER | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | — |
| 18938836 | CLOSURES WITH TAMPER EVIDENCE | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | — |
| 18919140 | CLOSURES WITH TAMPER EVIDENCE | TAWFIK, SAMEH | — |
| 18730605 | INJECTION MOLD COMPONENT | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
| 17748382 | MOLDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME | GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 2 |
| 3731 | 2 |
| 1741 | 2 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18987118 | CLOSURE DEVICE FOR A CONTAINER | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | 3736 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18938836 | CLOSURES WITH TAMPER EVIDENCE | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18919140 | CLOSURES WITH TAMPER EVIDENCE | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18730605 | INJECTION MOLD COMPONENT | DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1744 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18278130 | PLASTIC BLANK HEATING METHOD AND APPARATUS | LIANG, SHIBIN | 1741 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
| 17997682 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MOLDING CONTROL | WANG, ALEXANDER A | 1741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Nov 01, 2022 |
| 17748382 | MOLDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME | GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | 1748 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 19, 2022 |
| 16636398 | MOLDED ARTICLE, CONTAINER AND A METHOD FOR PRINTING THEREON | FRY, PATRICK B | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2020 |
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