Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ichor Systems Inc. is currently managing 6 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, meaning each pending matter is being reviewed by a different official. Reinaldo Sanchez-Medina is identified as the busiest examiner, although he is responsible for only 1 pending action. Despite the high number of examiners, the actions are concentrated within 2 distinct art units.
This concentration in 2 art units suggests that while the company interacts with 6 different examiners, the technical scope of the applications is relatively narrow. Practitioners may find that the 2 art units have consistent internal policies that apply across the 6 pending actions. The presence of 6 examiners for 6 actions ensures that no single examiner is managing multiple cases for the company. This structure requires the company to manage 6 different individual relationships while adhering to the standards of 2 art units. With 6 pending office actions, the company's success depends on navigating the specific preferences of 6 examiners within a focused technical environment.
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 | 3 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | 1 | 78.5% | +21.0% |
| ROST, ANDREW J | 1 | 65.6% | +19.9% |
| ARUNDALE, ROBERT K | 1 | 75.7% | +24.0% |
| KEASEL, ERIC S | 1 | 79.7% | +14.7% |
| LEE, EDMUND H | 1 | 69.6% | +17.5% |
| CHAUDRY, ATIF H | 1 | 70.7% | +16.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19016340 | FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | — |
| 19013782 | GUIDED FLOW VALVE ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAME | ROST, ANDREW 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18437373 | MODULAR SUBSTRATE ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAME | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | 36d |
| 19016340 | FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | — |
| 19013782 | GUIDED FLOW VALVE ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAME | ROST, ANDREW J | — |
| 18955514 | FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM | ARUNDALE, ROBERT K | — |
| 18915152 | SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW | KEASEL, ERIC S | — |
| 18635404 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTORS USING FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM | LEE, EDMUND H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 5 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19016340 | FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | 3753 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19013782 | GUIDED FLOW VALVE ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAME | ROST, ANDREW J | 3753 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18955514 | FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM | ARUNDALE, ROBERT K | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18915152 | SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW | KEASEL, ERIC S | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18635404 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTORS USING FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM | LEE, EDMUND H | 1744 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18437373 | MODULAR SUBSTRATE ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAME | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
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