Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
The company patent portfolio for Hydration Labs Inc. includes 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, LONG, DONNELL ALAN, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action, which represents half of the current pending workload.
For a practitioner, this distribution shows that each of the 2 pending office actions is being handled by a different examiner in a different specialized group. There is no examiner concentration to leverage, as the 2 distinct examiners operate independently. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the filings in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering are categorized into different technical niches within the USPTO.
This structure requires the practitioner to manage two separate prosecution tracks. With LONG, DONNELL ALAN and the other examiner each handling 1 busiest examiner pending action, the portfolio's progress is split evenly. Practitioners must be prepared for different examiner styles and art unit standards across these 2 pending office actions, as there is no overlap in personnel or units to provide a consistent baseline for prosecution strategy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONG, DONNELL ALAN | 1 | 75.8% | +15.1% |
| BRADFORD, JONATHAN | 1 | 76.1% | +21.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19200055 | SINGLE NOZZLE BEVERAGE DISPENSING | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | — |
| 18973710 | DRINKABLE ICE BANK SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BRADFORD, JONATHAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19200055 | SINGLE NOZZLE BEVERAGE DISPENSING | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | — |
| 18973710 | DRINKABLE ICE BANK SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BRADFORD, JONATHAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19200055 | SINGLE NOZZLE BEVERAGE DISPENSING | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 18973710 | DRINKABLE ICE BANK SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BRADFORD, JONATHAN | 3763 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHydration Labs Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Donnell Alan Long has the most, with 1 of Hydration Labs Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
