Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
I-Tech Usa Inc. manages a company patent portfolio within the Medical Devices and Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio currently has 3 pending office actions. These actions are being handled by 3 distinct examiners, which suggests that each pending matter is receiving an independent review from a different individual at the patent office.
All of the current prosecution activity is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration indicates a very specific technical focus for the company's 3 pending office actions. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is SORKIN, DAVID L, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This confirms that the workload is evenly distributed among the 3 distinct examiners.
Practitioners should note that while the 3 pending office actions are in the same art unit, they must still address the preferences of 3 distinct examiners. The focused nature of the portfolio within 1 distinct art unit may allow for some consistency in technical arguments. However, the individual examiner assignments mean that the 3 pending office actions will each follow their own unique path to resolution.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SORKIN, DAVID L | 1 | 67.4% | +12.8% |
| JENNISON, BRIAN W | 1 | 71.9% | +22.0% |
| NGUYEN, VY T | 1 | 71.8% | +35.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18080701 | JUICER ASSEMBLY FOR LARGE DIAMETER FEED TUBE | NGUYEN, VY T | 147d overdue |
| 18538039 | JOG DIAL AND INDICATOR LIGHT FOR JUICER | JENNISON, BRIAN W | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18080701 | JUICER ASSEMBLY FOR LARGE DIAMETER FEED TUBE | NGUYEN, VY T | 147d overdue |
| 18611119 | LOCKING MECHANISM FOR BREAD MACHINE | SORKIN, DAVID L | — |
| 18538039 | JOG DIAL AND INDICATOR LIGHT FOR JUICER | JENNISON, BRIAN W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18611119 | LOCKING MECHANISM FOR BREAD MACHINE | SORKIN, DAVID L | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18538039 | JOG DIAL AND INDICATOR LIGHT FOR JUICER | JENNISON, BRIAN W | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18080701 | JUICER ASSEMBLY FOR LARGE DIAMETER FEED TUBE | NGUYEN, VY T | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
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