Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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
Ningbo Tiantian Stationery Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK, who is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit.
With 1 pending office action, the company's current activity at the office is focused. PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK manages the pending workload, meaning the outcome for the portfolio in this technology area is determined by this relationship. The presence of 1 distinct art unit further simplifies the procedural landscape for the practitioner. This scope allows for a tailored approach to the specific requirements of the assigned examiner and the 1 distinct art unit. The 1 pending office action represents the total current activity for the company in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 1 | 60.5% | +28.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19032455 | SHAVING COMPRESSION MECHANISM OF PENCIL SHARPENER, AND PENCIL SHARPENER | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19032455 | SHAVING COMPRESSION MECHANISM OF PENCIL SHARPENER, AND PENCIL SHARPENER | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19032455 | SHAVING COMPRESSION MECHANISM OF PENCIL SHARPENER, AND PENCIL SHARPENER | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
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