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 Tigerking Safe Co. Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The portfolio's current activity is concentrated on this single pending matter, indicating a very specific technical focus for the company's current filings.
Teresa M Ekiert is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. This 1 action represents the total number of pending office actions for the portfolio. The involvement of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit indicates a streamlined prosecution profile. This concentration means that the company's immediate progress is tied to the outcome of this single action.
The 1 pending office action in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering is the sole active matter for the company. Teresa M Ekiert is the only examiner among the 1 distinct examiners involved. This focused prosecution profile allows for a direct relationship with the office. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit further emphasizes the specialized nature of the current pending matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EKIERT, TERESA M | 1 | 79.3% | +3.1% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18431981 | SAFE DEPOSIT BOX HOUSING AND INTEGRATED FORMING PROCESS THEREFOR | EKIERT, TERESA M | 3733 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2024 |
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