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
Magbag LLC currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This active matter is assigned to a distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated prosecution footprint. This focus suggests that the company is currently prioritizing a specific mechanical or medical innovation. Such a targeted approach is typical for companies focusing on a flagship product.
The busiest examiner for the company is MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because the total number of pending office actions is 1, this examiner is the sole official currently reviewing the company's active applications. The reliance on 1 distinct art unit means that the company's prosecution strategy is presently limited to a specific administrative environment, making the practices of that unit critical to the company's success. This singular focus ensures that the outcome of this case will have a total impact on the company's current pending portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 1 | 52.9% | +28.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18819672 | Magnetic Attachment Bag with Magnetic Modularity System | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 42d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18819672 | Magnetic Attachment Bag with Magnetic Modularity System | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 42d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18819672 | Magnetic Attachment Bag with Magnetic Modularity System | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 3734 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
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