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 • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Marelli Europe S P A has 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, yet they are all centralized within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, the technical subject matter is consistent enough to be handled by a single specialized unit.
LEE, CHEE-CHONG is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners, the workload is distributed such that each examiner handles 1 action. The focus on 1 distinct art unit for all 3 actions may provide the company with a more uniform prosecution experience, as the examiners likely follow the same internal practices and technical standards specific to that art unit's domain. This centralization within 1 distinct art unit can help the applicant maintain a cohesive strategy across its pending mechanical engineering matters.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | 1 | 83.1% | +25.7% |
| ZALESKAS, JOHN M | 1 | 62.3% | +19.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18741422 | Actuator With Position Sensor | TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | — |
| 18348038 | Method to Determine the Mass of Air Trapped in Each Cylinder of an Internal Combustion Engine | ZALESKAS, JOHN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18741422 | Actuator With Position Sensor | TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | — |
| 18348038 | Method to Determine the Mass of Air Trapped in Each Cylinder of an Internal Combustion Engine | ZALESKAS, JOHN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3747 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18741422 | Actuator With Position Sensor | TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18348038 | Method to Determine the Mass of Air Trapped in Each Cylinder of an Internal Combustion Engine | ZALESKAS, JOHN M | 3747 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2023 |
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