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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lab2Fab LLC currently manages 2 pending office actions within its company patent portfolio, focused on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 pending actions are both assigned to 1 distinct art unit, indicating a high degree of technical concentration for the company's current filings. This focus allows the legal team to specialize their approach to the specific requirements and precedents of that 1 distinct art unit.
The prosecution process involves 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each of the 2 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different individual. HAGEMAN, MARK C is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. This distribution of work means that the company's active cases are receiving individualized attention from separate examiners within the same technical group.
For Lab2Fab LLC, the 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector are the primary focus of their current patenting activity. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit and 2 distinct examiners creates a concentrated examination environment. HAGEMAN, MARK C, as the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, is a key figure in the company's efforts to secure its intellectual property rights.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAGEMAN, MARK C | 1 | 73.9% | +16.0% |
| NGUYEN, PHUONG T | 1 | 73.8% | +37.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18920040 | MOBILE RACKS FOR A KITCHEN ENVIRONMENT | HAGEMAN, MARK C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18920040 | MOBILE RACKS FOR A KITCHEN ENVIRONMENT | HAGEMAN, MARK C | — |
| 18400111 | AUTOMATED FRYING SYSTEM | NGUYEN, PHUONG T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18920040 | MOBILE RACKS FOR A KITCHEN ENVIRONMENT | HAGEMAN, MARK C | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18400111 | AUTOMATED FRYING SYSTEM | NGUYEN, PHUONG T | 3761 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
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