Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
HYDAC Technology GmbH has 6 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 5 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This structure suggests a focused prosecution effort where a small group of examiners is responsible for evaluating the company's mechanical and medical innovations.
The busiest examiner identified in the portfolio is LESLIE, MICHAEL S, who is managing 2 pending office actions. Since there are 6 pending office actions in total, this examiner handles 2 of the active matters. The involvement of 5 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units indicates that the company's applications are being processed within a narrow range of the patent office's organizational structure.
Practitioners should observe that the 3 distinct art units represent the primary technical environments for these 6 pending office actions. Navigating these specific units effectively is crucial for the company's overall patent strategy in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. The 6 pending office actions provide a substantial basis for analyzing the company's current interactions with the patent office.
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 (14%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LESLIE, MICHAEL S | 2 | 81.2% | +14.5% |
| LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | 1 | 74.4% | +14.9% |
| LU, HAOTIAN | 1 | 60.6% | +37.3% |
| ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C | 1 | 69.6% | +40.2% |
| DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 1 | 60.8% | +28.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18849696 | Piston Accumulator | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19110504 | Method | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | — |
| 18853300 | Expansion Device | LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS | — |
| 18727455 | Hydraulic Accumulator | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | — |
| 18699995 | Bellows Accumulator | LU, HAOTIAN | — |
| 18022354 | PISTON ACCUMULATOR | DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19110504 | Method | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | — |
| 18849696 | Piston Accumulator | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | — |
| 18727455 | Hydraulic Accumulator | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | — |
| 18699995 | Bellows Accumulator | LU, HAOTIAN | — |
| 18571424 | Hydraulic Accumulator | ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C | — |
| 18022354 | PISTON ACCUMULATOR | DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 2 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19110504 | Method | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | 3745 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 18853300 | Expansion Device | LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18849696 | Piston Accumulator | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18727455 | Hydraulic Accumulator | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18699995 | Bellows Accumulator | LU, HAOTIAN | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18571424 | Hydraulic Accumulator | ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C | 3746 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18022354 | PISTON ACCUMULATOR | DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2023 |
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