Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
LG H&H Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, showing some concentration in specific technical groups. However, the company is working with 4 distinct examiners, meaning each pending action is assigned to a different individual.
Adriena Jonique Webb Lyttle is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action. The presence of 4 examiners for only 4 actions indicates that no single examiner has a dominant influence over the current portfolio. Prosecution strategy must therefore be tailored to the individual preferences of each of the 4 examiners involved. The concentration in 2 distinct art units may provide some consistency in the technical examination environment despite the variety of 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 1 | 14.3% | +100.0% |
| ETZEL, ALAN RAYMOND | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V | 1 | 55.4% | +46.2% |
| ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER | 1 | 52.4% | +26.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19394624 | REPLACEABLE FLOSS DEVICE | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | — |
| 18881193 | DISPENSER AND DISPENSING DEVICE COMPRISING CONTAINER | ETZEL, ALAN RAYMOND | — |
| 18860504 | COMPOSITION FOR DYEING HAIR | TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19394624 | REPLACEABLE FLOSS DEVICE | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | — |
| 18860504 | COMPOSITION FOR DYEING HAIR | TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V | — |
| 18723232 | OIL-IN-WATER TYPE D-PHASE EMULSION COMPOSITION WITH EXCELLENT EMULSION STABILITY | ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19394624 | REPLACEABLE FLOSS DEVICE | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 3772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2025 |
| 18881193 | DISPENSER AND DISPENSING DEVICE COMPRISING CONTAINER | ETZEL, ALAN RAYMOND | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18860504 | COMPOSITION FOR DYEING HAIR | TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18723232 | OIL-IN-WATER TYPE D-PHASE EMULSION COMPOSITION WITH EXCELLENT EMULSION STABILITY | ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER | 1612 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
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