Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
John Bean Technologies AB currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This active matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner, which shows a concentrated prosecution focus. The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the portfolio's current activity is confined to a specific technical niche within the broader engineering category. Practitioners can focus their efforts on this point of contact to resolve the outstanding issues.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is GAYE, SAMBA NMN, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. For a practitioner, this means that the entirety of the company's current USPTO engagement is channeled through GAYE, SAMBA NMN. This concentration allows for a focused strategy, as the outcomes of the 1 pending office action will define the immediate trajectory of the portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering space. Navigating the specific requirements of the distinct art unit is the primary task for maintaining momentum.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 1 | 63.5% | +34.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18640839 | PRODUCT OVERBLOW MANAGEMENT ASSEMBLY | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 14d |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18640839 | PRODUCT OVERBLOW MANAGEMENT ASSEMBLY | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 14d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18640839 | PRODUCT OVERBLOW MANAGEMENT ASSEMBLY | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
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