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 • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
L A B Golf Company LLC is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Both of these actions are concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's current patent applications. However, the company works with 2 distinct examiners, meaning that even within the same art unit, different individuals are reviewing the company's work.
WALTER, AUDREY BRADLEY is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 busiest_examiner_pending action. This accounts for a portion of the 2 pending office actions currently active in the portfolio. While the concentration in 1 distinct art unit may provide some consistency in technical standards, the presence of 2 distinct examiners requires the company to adapt to two different personal prosecution styles. Successfully navigating the preferences of WALTER, AUDREY BRADLEY is a key component of the company's current mechanical engineering patent strategy. Practitioners should focus on the individual styles of the 2 distinct examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALTER, AUDREY BRADLEY | 1 | 80.9% | +23.9% |
| STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN | 1 | 39.2% | +35.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19372095 | HEEL SHAFTED GOLF PUTTER AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SAME | WALTER, AUDREY BRADLEY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19372095 | HEEL SHAFTED GOLF PUTTER AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SAME | WALTER, AUDREY BRADLEY | — |
| 18911898 | Golf Club With Off-Axis Grip | STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19372095 | HEEL SHAFTED GOLF PUTTER AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SAME | WALTER, AUDREY BRADLEY | 3711 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2025 |
| 18911898 | Golf Club With Off-Axis Grip | STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
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