Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jiangsu Xcmg Construction Machinery Research Institute Ltd. currently has 5 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being handled by 5 distinct examiners, which ensures a variety of perspectives during the examination process. The prosecution is active across 3 distinct art units, suggesting that the technology involves several technical sub-categories.
BOND, REED MADISON is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending action under review. The distribution of 5 pending office actions among the distinct examiners means that each examiner is responsible for a limited portion of the workload. This spread across the 3 distinct art units indicates some technical concentration, even as the individual examiners are diverse.
For a company in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector, managing 5 pending actions across 3 art units requires a coordinated approach to maintain consistency in their patent strategy. Practitioners must navigate the specific requirements of each examiner while addressing the technical standards of the different art units. This structure provides a balanced prosecution environment where the company can pursue multiple technical paths simultaneously.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIANG, LEONARD S | 1 | 62.2% | +4.3% |
| SNYDER, ALAN W | 1 | 82.1% | +12.3% |
| WIBLIN, MATTHEW | 1 | 74.7% | +23.4% |
| OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | 1 | 67.3% | +22.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18321927 | GEAR SLICING TOOL AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF | SNYDER, ALAN W | 16d overdue |
| 18710619 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING RETAINING WALL SUITABLE FOR AUTOMATIC DRIVING VEHICLE | LIANG, LEONARD S | — |
| 18248433 | DESIGN METHOD FOR ROPS FRAMEWORK AND CAB FOR ENGINEERING MACHINES | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18321927 | GEAR SLICING TOOL AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF | SNYDER, ALAN W | 16d overdue |
| 18141001 | METAL 3D PRINTED INTEGRATED PUMP-CONTROLLED HYDRAULIC LEVELING SYSTEM AND FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | 75d |
| 18248433 | DESIGN METHOD FOR ROPS FRAMEWORK AND CAB FOR ENGINEERING MACHINES | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3722 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18710619 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING RETAINING WALL SUITABLE FOR AUTOMATIC DRIVING VEHICLE | LIANG, LEONARD S | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18321927 | GEAR SLICING TOOL AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF | SNYDER, ALAN W | 3722 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18141001 | METAL 3D PRINTED INTEGRATED PUMP-CONTROLLED HYDRAULIC LEVELING SYSTEM AND FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Apr 28, 2023 |
| 18248433 | DESIGN METHOD FOR ROPS FRAMEWORK AND CAB FOR ENGINEERING MACHINES | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
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