Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Moncler S P A currently has 3 pending office actions concentrated in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This portfolio is being examined across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's technical filings are categorized into multiple specialized groups at the patent office. With 3 distinct examiners assigned to these cases, the company faces a variety of examination styles and requirements for its current filings.
NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L is the busiest examiner for Moncler S P A, currently responsible for 1 pending office action. This specific examiner's involvement is part of a broader group of distinct examiners who are currently reviewing the company's applications. The fact that the 3 pending office actions are spread across 2 distinct art units suggests a need for consistent prosecution tactics to manage the different technical nuances expected by each unit. Practitioners should monitor the progress of the 1 action under the busiest examiner as a key indicator for the portfolio's overall trajectory in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L | 1 | 66.7% | +24.6% |
| KHUU, HIEN DIEU THI | 1 | 87.1% | +14.2% |
| WORRELL JR, LARRY D | 1 | 82.8% | +9.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18282012 | ASSEMBLY LINE FOR MANUFACTURED ARTICLES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, PARTICULARLY FOR THE INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING OF ITEMS OF CLOTHING | KHUU, HIEN DIEU THI | 60d overdue |
| 18271879 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FABRIC OR LEATHER ARTICLES | WORRELL JR, LARRY D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18531401 | Method and Apparatus for Recovering Down from Padded Products | NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L | 41d |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18282012 | ASSEMBLY LINE FOR MANUFACTURED ARTICLES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, PARTICULARLY FOR THE INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING OF ITEMS OF CLOTHING | KHUU, HIEN DIEU THI | 60d overdue |
| 18531401 | Method and Apparatus for Recovering Down from Padded Products | NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L | 41d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 2 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18531401 | Method and Apparatus for Recovering Down from Padded Products | NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18282012 | ASSEMBLY LINE FOR MANUFACTURED ARTICLES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, PARTICULARLY FOR THE INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING OF ITEMS OF CLOTHING | KHUU, HIEN DIEU THI | 2116 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18271879 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FABRIC OR LEATHER ARTICLES | WORRELL JR, LARRY D | 3732 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
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