Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
James L Orrington Ii D D S P C currently manages 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. All 3 matters are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit and are assigned to 1 distinct examiner. This indicates a high level of consistency in the examination environment for the company's current filings. Having 3 pending office actions under a single examiner allows for a more unified prosecution strategy compared to portfolios spread across multiple units.
SIPPEL, RACHEL T is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 3 pending office actions. This individual is responsible for the entirety of the company's active docket. Prosecution success depends on navigating the specific feedback and requirements of this single examiner across multiple applications. Since the busiest examiner pending count is 3, the examiner has a comprehensive view of the company's current mechanical engineering claims. This concentration within 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner simplifies the administrative aspects of prosecution but increases the impact of this single examiner's decisions.
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 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 3 | 52.5% | +58.2% |
| LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 1 | 78.4% | +9.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17746573 | MECHANICAL COLLAR AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 244d overdue |
| 18753277 | GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR NASAL APPLICATION | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18753277 | GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR NASAL APPLICATION | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | — |
| 17994293 | AIR PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR NASAL APPLICATION AND ASSOCIATED CASE | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | — |
| 17982355 | AIR PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR NASAL APPLICATION | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 3 |
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18753277 | GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR NASAL APPLICATION | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 3785 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 17994293 | AIR PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR NASAL APPLICATION AND ASSOCIATED CASE | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2022 |
| 17982355 | AIR PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR NASAL APPLICATION | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 3785 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2022 |
| 17746573 | MECHANICAL COLLAR AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 3772 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 244d overdue | Pending | May 17, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialJames L Orrington Ii D D S P C has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Rachel T Sippel has the most, with 3 of James L Orrington Ii D D S P C's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
