Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mayborn (Uk) Limited currently has 6 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 6 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. This level of dispersion indicates that the company's patenting efforts are spread across several different technical specialties and many different examination officials.
The busiest examiner for the company is VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH, who is handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 action is part of the 6 pending office actions currently active for the firm. Because there are 6 distinct examiners involved, the company must manage 6 separate prosecution tracks, each with its own set of examiner expectations and procedural nuances within Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering.
The presence of 4 distinct art units suggests a diverse range of mechanical innovations being protected. With 6 pending office actions in total, the company's portfolio is administratively complex. Success in these matters will require tailored strategies for each of the 6 distinct examiners while coordinating across the 4 distinct art units involved in the process.
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 | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH | 1 | 58.5% | +50.2% |
| PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 1 | 58.1% | +24.7% |
| PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP | 1 | 58.0% | +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% | +33.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18251202 | SLEEP AID APPARATUS | DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY | 40d |
| 18716656 | CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF SECURING A TUBE | VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH | — |
| 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 | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17904064 | SOOTHER | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | 8d |
| 18716656 | CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF SECURING A TUBE | VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH | — |
| 18708476 | INFANT FEEDING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF STERILISING | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | — |
| 18294822 | BREAST CONTACTING ELEMENT | PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 2 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18716656 | CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF SECURING A TUBE | VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 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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