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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Klingelnberg AG currently manages 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, suggesting a range of technical focuses within the company's mechanical portfolio. The prosecution involves 3 distinct examiners, with each pending action assigned to a different individual. This distribution indicates that the company's active matters are being reviewed independently across different technical sub-specialties.
JASON KHALIL HAWKINS is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending office action. Because the 3 pending actions are split among 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the company must manage multiple prosecution tracks. This distribution requires the applicant to address the specific requirements of several examiners. Practitioners should be prepared to coordinate different strategies for JASON KHALIL HAWKINS and the other distinct examiners to ensure a cohesive approach to the company's medical device technologies.
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%) |
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | 1 | 84.7% | +14.2% |
| HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 1 | 67.5% | +44.3% |
| CADUGAN, ERICA E | 1 | 63.1% | +50.5% |
| HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 1 | 69.5% | +49.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18960900 | METHOD AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM | WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | — |
| 18523348 | WORKPIECE CLAMPING DEVICE AND SPINDLE ARRANGEMENT FOR A MACHINE TOOL | CADUGAN, ERICA E | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18960900 | METHOD AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM | WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | — |
| 18811070 | GRINDING MACHINE FOR GEAR GRINDING | HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | — |
| 18523348 | WORKPIECE CLAMPING DEVICE AND SPINDLE ARRANGEMENT FOR A MACHINE TOOL | CADUGAN, ERICA E | — |
| 18320555 | GEARWHEEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GEARWHEEL, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A GEARWHEEL | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3722 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18960900 | METHOD AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM | WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18811070 | GRINDING MACHINE FOR GEAR GRINDING | HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18523348 | WORKPIECE CLAMPING DEVICE AND SPINDLE ARRANGEMENT FOR A MACHINE TOOL | CADUGAN, ERICA E | 3722 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18320555 | GEARWHEEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GEARWHEEL, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A GEARWHEEL | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 3726 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
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