Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
King'S Flair Marketing Limited currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, PATEL, BRIJESH V, who is also the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending case. The prosecution is located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a very specific technical focus.
For the practitioner, this 1:1 ratio of pending actions to 1 distinct examiner represents a highly streamlined prosecution environment. Because PATEL, BRIJESH V is the only examiner involved, the strategy can be entirely focused on this individual's specific examination style and prior art preferences. There is no need to manage multiple relationships or coordinate across different technical groups at the USPTO.
The presence of only 1 pending office action suggests a very targeted intellectual property strategy. The busiest examiner, PATEL, BRIJESH V, holds the entire pending workload with 1 case, allowing the practitioner to dedicate all necessary attention to resolving this single matter. The concentration within 1 distinct art unit further ensures that the prosecution remains within a single technical domain, simplifying the legal and technical arguments required for the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, BRIJESH V | 1 | 64.7% | +40.6% |
| LONG, DONNELL ALAN | 1 | 75.8% | +15.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19176515 | NOVEL LID ASSEMBLY | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19194432 | Novel Lid Assembly | PATEL, BRIJESH V | — |
| 19176515 | NOVEL LID ASSEMBLY | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19194432 | Novel Lid Assembly | PATEL, BRIJESH V | 3736 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19176515 | NOVEL LID ASSEMBLY | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
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