Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 62 patents granted in the last 365 days
Max Co., Ltd. has 10 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 8 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. This shows some overlap in examiner assignments and art unit concentration. The presence of 5 distinct art units indicates that the 10 pending office actions involve technology that is spread across several specialized classifications within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S is the busiest examiner for this company. This examiner is responsible for 3 busiest examiner pending office actions. This indicates that 3 of the 10 pending office actions are concentrated with a single individual. This level of concentration provides a degree of examiner level consistency for a significant portion of the company's active matters. However, the overall prosecution still requires managing relationships across 8 distinct examiners. The 5 distinct art units involved suggest that the work is being reviewed by several different specialized groups within the patent office.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 3 (30%) |
| §102 only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3 | 74.1% | +24.5% |
| TRUONG, KATELYN T | 1 | 57.0% | +37.6% |
| HANNAN, B M M | 1 | 82.2% | +18.0% |
| GUGGER, SEAN A | 1 | 64.9% | +23.0% |
| ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | 1 | — | — |
| KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 1 | 76.6% | +21.2% |
| WEEKS, GLORIA R | 1 | 70.4% | +12.4% |
| OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH | 1 | 50.0% | +61.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19448495 | STAPLE | TRUONG, KATELYN T | — |
| 19144896 | REINFORCING BAR BINDING ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | HANNAN, B M M | — |
| 18984076 | BINDING MACHINE | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18983705 | BINDING MACHINE | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18741351 | MOTOR AND BINDING MACHINE | GUGGER, SEAN A | — |
| 18647683 | BINDING MACHINE | ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18042657 | SOLID HAIR DETERGENT COMPOSITION | OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH | 80d overdue |
| 18633967 | BINDING MACHINE | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 13d |
| 19448495 | STAPLE | TRUONG, KATELYN T | — |
| 19144896 | REINFORCING BAR BINDING ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | HANNAN, B M M | — |
| 18984076 | BINDING MACHINE | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18983950 | BINDING MACHINE | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18983705 | BINDING MACHINE | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18741351 | MOTOR AND BINDING MACHINE | GUGGER, SEAN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 3 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19448495 | STAPLE | TRUONG, KATELYN T | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2026 |
| 19144896 | REINFORCING BAR BINDING ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | HANNAN, B M M | 3657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 18984076 | BINDING MACHINE | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18983950 | BINDING MACHINE | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18983705 | BINDING MACHINE | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18741351 | MOTOR AND BINDING MACHINE | GUGGER, SEAN A | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18647683 | BINDING MACHINE | ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | 3725 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18633967 | BINDING MACHINE | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 3725 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18133924 | FASTENING TOOL | WEEKS, GLORIA R | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
| 18042657 | SOLID HAIR DETERGENT COMPOSITION | OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 80d overdue | Pending | Feb 23, 2023 |
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