Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ningbo Careline Electric Appliance Co. Ltd. currently manages 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 4 pending office actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a narrow technical focus for the current applications. The portfolio is distributed among 4 distinct examiners, ensuring that each action is reviewed by a unique individual.
DANGOL, ASHESH is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. Because there are 4 distinct examiners for the pending workload, the tasks are spread individually across the examiners despite the concentration in a single art unit. This structure means that while the art unit's general practices will be consistent, the specific outcomes depend on 4 different sets of examiner preferences.
The busiest examiner, DANGOL, ASHESH, manages only 1 pending office action, which is the same volume handled by every other examiner in the portfolio. This lack of examiner overlap within the 1 distinct art unit suggests that the applicant cannot rely on a single relationship to influence the majority of their Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering applications. Practitioners must prepare for 4 distinct examiner interactions within the same art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANGOL, ASHESH | 1 | 69.1% | +51.1% |
| LIU, CHRIS Q | 1 | 69.4% | +37.1% |
| KERR, ELIZABETH M | 1 | 64.7% | +27.7% |
| ULATOWSKI, EMMA ELIZABETH | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| AMAR, MARC J | 1 | 75.1% | +37.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18145914 | Overturnable Dual-purpose Multifunctional Air Fryer | AMAR, MARC J | 72d |
| 18604304 | FRYER PLATE, FRYER BASKET ASSEMBLY, AND AIR FRYER | DANGOL, ASHESH | — |
| 18229325 | FRYING BASKET WITH DETACHABLE HANDLE AND AIR FRYER | LIU, CHRIS Q | — |
| 18275495 | AIR FRYER WITH TRANSPARENT WINDOW | KERR, ELIZABETH M | — |
| 18113185 | Frying Basket Assembly Having Separated Handle, and Air Fryer | ULATOWSKI, EMMA ELIZABETH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18145914 | Overturnable Dual-purpose Multifunctional Air Fryer | AMAR, MARC J | 72d |
| 18604304 | FRYER PLATE, FRYER BASKET ASSEMBLY, AND AIR FRYER | DANGOL, ASHESH | — |
| 18229325 | FRYING BASKET WITH DETACHABLE HANDLE AND AIR FRYER | LIU, CHRIS Q | — |
| 18275495 | AIR FRYER WITH TRANSPARENT WINDOW | KERR, ELIZABETH M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 3 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18604304 | FRYER PLATE, FRYER BASKET ASSEMBLY, AND AIR FRYER | DANGOL, ASHESH | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18229325 | FRYING BASKET WITH DETACHABLE HANDLE AND AIR FRYER | LIU, CHRIS Q | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18275495 | AIR FRYER WITH TRANSPARENT WINDOW | KERR, ELIZABETH M | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18113185 | Frying Basket Assembly Having Separated Handle, and Air Fryer | ULATOWSKI, EMMA ELIZABETH | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2023 |
| 18145914 | Overturnable Dual-purpose Multifunctional Air Fryer | AMAR, MARC J | 3741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 72d | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
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