Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Norwood Industries Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, meaning each application is being reviewed by a different person. Both actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a consistent technical classification despite the different examiners. This 2 pending office actions total indicates a focused but multi-pronged approach to patenting.
The busiest examiner, NGUYEN, JIMMY T, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This represents a portion of the 2 total pending office actions. Since there are 2 distinct examiners, the other action is handled by the second examiner. Practitioners should note that while the 1 distinct art unit is the same, they will need to navigate the individual preferences of two different examiners. This situation requires a strategy that is technically consistent for the art unit but personally tailored for each examiner. The presence of 2 distinct examiners means that the company's success is not tied to a single individual's review. This distribution provides some diversity in the examination process within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, JIMMY T | 1 | 76.5% | +24.2% |
| LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | 1 | 54.9% | +30.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18654739 | SAWMILL CARRIAGE, SAWMILL CARRIAGE KIT, AND METHOD OF USING SAME | LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | 30d overdue |
| 19023571 | SAWMILL BED ASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, JIMMY T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18654739 | SAWMILL CARRIAGE, SAWMILL CARRIAGE KIT, AND METHOD OF USING SAME | LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | 30d overdue |
| 19023571 | SAWMILL BED ASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, JIMMY T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19023571 | SAWMILL BED ASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, JIMMY T | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18654739 | SAWMILL CARRIAGE, SAWMILL CARRIAGE KIT, AND METHOD OF USING SAME | LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | 3724 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
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