Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days
Magpul Industries Corp. has 6 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct art units, showing that the company's mechanical innovations are being evaluated by several different technical groups. The prosecution involves 5 distinct examiners, creating a varied landscape for these matters.
GILBERT, WILLIAM V is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding 2 pending office actions. This concentration means that a portion of the 6 pending office actions is under the review of a single individual. The remaining actions are handled by the other 5 distinct examiners, requiring separate engagement strategies for those specific filings.
The presence of 4 distinct art units suggests a relatively broad classification of Magpul's mechanical technologies. Practitioners should be mindful that while GILBERT, WILLIAM V handles 2 actions, the overall distribution requires a flexible approach to prosecution within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 2 | 57.9% | +25.8% |
| CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE | 1 | 69.6% | +18.6% |
| GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO | 1 | 61.2% | +25.3% |
| PATEL, BRIJESH V | 1 | 64.7% | +40.6% |
| GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S | 1 | 66.7% | +28.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19062678 | FIREARM CASE WITH LOCKING LATCHES | GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO | — |
| 18961243 | STORAGE CASE ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM | PATEL, BRIJESH V | — |
| 18727609 | FIREARM MAGAZINE WITH ROUND COUNTER | GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18797099 | AMMUNITION MAGAZINE | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 70d |
| 19309836 | FIREARM BIPOD | CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE | — |
| 19062678 | FIREARM CASE WITH LOCKING LATCHES | GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO | — |
| 19035334 | AMMUNITION MAGAZINE | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | — |
| 18961243 | STORAGE CASE ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM | PATEL, BRIJESH V | — |
| 18727609 | FIREARM MAGAZINE WITH ROUND COUNTER | GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3993 | 2 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 3641 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19309836 | FIREARM BIPOD | CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19062678 | FIREARM CASE WITH LOCKING LATCHES | GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO | 3735 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19035334 | AMMUNITION MAGAZINE | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 3993 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18961243 | STORAGE CASE ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM | PATEL, BRIJESH V | 3736 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18797099 | AMMUNITION MAGAZINE | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 3993 | §112Other | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18727609 | FIREARM MAGAZINE WITH ROUND COUNTER | GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S | 3641 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
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