Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Maxitrol Company

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

Analysis

Maxitrol Company has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is being handled by a distinct examiner within a distinct art unit. DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, responsible for the 1 pending office action. This suggests a very targeted area of current intellectual property activity for the company. Practitioners should focus their strategy on the specific preferences of this individual examiner, as all current activity is under her review.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Double-patenting + other1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE 1 74.1% +16.0%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19206338 VALVE SEAT WITH SEAL FOR USE WITH VALVE ELEMENT IN VALVE ASSEMBLY DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3753 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19206338 VALVE SEAT WITH SEAL FOR USE WITH VALVE ELEMENT IN VALVE ASSEMBLY DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE 3753 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Maxitrol Company have?

Maxitrol Company has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Maxitrol Company applications?

Hailey Kyung Ae Do has the most, with 1 of Maxitrol Company's pending office actions.

What technology area are Maxitrol Company's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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