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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Krones Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, ISLAM, SANJIDUL, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The matter is located in 1 distinct art unit. This represents a focused prosecution effort on a single pending matter, which is the only active case for the company in this area. The alignment of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit simplifies the strategic landscape, as there are no competing examiner perspectives to manage. Practitioners can dedicate their resources to addressing the specific concerns raised by ISLAM, SANJIDUL.
The presence of only 1 pending office action suggests a highly targeted or early-stage portfolio in the medical device and mechanical engineering sector. Because the activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit, the company can expect a consistent application of the relevant statutes and guidelines. ISLAM, SANJIDUL, as the busiest examiner, is the sole official responsible for the company's current pending workload. This structure allows for a very specific approach to patent acquisition, where the primary goal is to satisfy the requirements of this single examiner. Future filings may expand this footprint, but the current data shows a singular focus on one pending matter. This profile is ideal for a concentrated legal strategy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISLAM, SANJIDUL | 1 | 62.1% | +40.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18891424 | CONTAINER HAVING GUSSETS | ISLAM, SANJIDUL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18891424 | CONTAINER HAVING GUSSETS | ISLAM, SANJIDUL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18891424 | CONTAINER HAVING GUSSETS | ISLAM, SANJIDUL | 3736 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialKrones Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Sanjidul Islam has the most, with 1 of Krones Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.