Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Mayborn (Uk) Limited

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Mayborn (Uk) Limited manages 5 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio is spread across 4 distinct art units and involves 5 distinct examiners. PARKER, LAURA EBERT is the busiest examiner, handling 1 pending office action.

The 5 pending office actions are reviewed by 5 distinct examiners. This distribution across 4 distinct art units indicates the technical scope of the mechanical engineering applications.

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

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

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
5
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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PARKER, LAURA EBERT 1 57.4% +25.7%
PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 1 58.1% +27.7%
WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY 1 100.0% +0.0%
DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY 1 0.0% +0.0%
MENDEZ, KATHERINE H 1 66.8% +33.7%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18251202 SLEEP AID APPARATUS DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY 40d
18708476 INFANT FEEDING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF STERILISING PARKER, LAURA EBERT —
18294822 BREAST CONTACTING ELEMENT PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP —
18573894 BREAST PUMP ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ALIGNING A BREAST PUMP ASSEMBLY WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17904064 SOOTHER MENDEZ, KATHERINE H 8d
18708476 INFANT FEEDING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF STERILISING PARKER, LAURA EBERT —
18294822 BREAST CONTACTING ELEMENT PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 2
3733 1
3791 1
3771 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18708476 INFANT FEEDING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF STERILISING PARKER, LAURA EBERT 3733 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2024
18294822 BREAST CONTACTING ELEMENT PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 02, 2024
18573894 BREAST PUMP ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ALIGNING A BREAST PUMP ASSEMBLY WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2023
18251202 SLEEP AID APPARATUS DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY 3791 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Apr 28, 2023
17904064 SOOTHER MENDEZ, KATHERINE H 3771 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Aug 11, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Mayborn (Uk) Limited have?

Mayborn (Uk) Limited has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Mayborn (Uk) Limited applications?

Laura Ebert Parker has the most, with 1 of Mayborn (Uk) Limited's pending office actions.

What technology area are Mayborn (Uk) Limited'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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