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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Milkmen Design LLC has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located in 1 distinct art unit. COREY NELSON SKURDAL is the busiest examiner, handling the 1 pending office action.
The presence of only 1 pending office action indicates a highly focused prosecution effort. Because this action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit, the legal strategy can be entirely tailored to the specific requirements of COREY NELSON SKURDAL. This singular focus simplifies the management of the portfolio, as there are no competing deadlines or conflicting examiner styles to navigate. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the medical device technology being prosecuted is specialized. For the practitioner, success depends on effectively addressing the concerns of the 1 distinct examiner. This relationship between the action and the examiner allows for a deep dive into the previous rulings and preferences of COREY NELSON SKURDAL to advance the application. Successfully resolving the 1 pending office action is the current priority for the company.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKURDAL, COREY NELSON | 1 | 61.9% | +11.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18932678 | WINDOW INSERT CONDIMENT HOLDER | SKURDAL, COREY NELSON | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18932678 | WINDOW INSERT CONDIMENT HOLDER | SKURDAL, COREY NELSON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18932678 | WINDOW INSERT CONDIMENT HOLDER | SKURDAL, COREY NELSON | 3734 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMilkmen Design LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Corey Nelson Skurdal has the most, with 1 of Milkmen Design LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
