Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Marshalltown Company is navigating 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio's active matters are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This arrangement means that every pending action is currently under the review of a unique examiner in a unique unit. The 2 pending office actions constitute the current focus of the company's patent interactions.
GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action under his review. With 2 distinct art units involved, the prosecution requires addressing the specific standards of 2 different mechanical engineering groups. This lack of concentration across 2 distinct examiners suggests that the active matters are subject to the independent timelines and procedural nuances of the assigned examiners.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 1 | 63.7% | +51.5% |
| CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL | 1 | 53.1% | +41.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18411016 | Nozzle Plate for Spray Gun Applicator and Spray Gun Applicator Including Same | CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL | 15d |
| 18410353 | FOLDABLE SANDER HEAD | GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18411016 | Nozzle Plate for Spray Gun Applicator and Spray Gun Applicator Including Same | CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL | 15d |
| 18410353 | FOLDABLE SANDER HEAD | GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18410353 | FOLDABLE SANDER HEAD | GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18411016 | Nozzle Plate for Spray Gun Applicator and Spray Gun Applicator Including Same | CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL | 3752 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
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