Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Novadelta - Comércio E Indústria De Cafés Lda currently manages 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This workload is distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, VAN, QUANG T, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action.
Because each of the 3 pending office actions is assigned to a different individual among the 3 distinct examiners, the applicant must navigate three unique prosecution styles. The concentration within 2 distinct art units indicates that while the examiners differ, the technological classifications are somewhat related. This structure requires a strategy that accounts for the specific nuances of each examiner.
With 1 busiest examiner pending office action assigned to VAN, QUANG T, no single examiner dominates the current portfolio. The 3 pending office actions represent the total active engagement for Novadelta in this sector. Practitioners should coordinate responses across the 2 distinct art units to maintain consistency in their technical arguments.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAN, QUANG T | 1 | 74.2% | +8.3% |
| ULATOWSKI, EMMA ELIZABETH | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | 1 | 60.9% | +38.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17776394 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING BEVERAGES WITH ENHANCED REGULATION OF MOTORIZED ACTUATION | 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17429375 | BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH PLACEMENT DISPOSITIONS OF RECIPIENTS OF BEVERAGE AND OF BEVERAGE PREPARATION FLUID | WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | 15d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 2 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17913697 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARATION OF EDIBLE PRODUCTS WITH TOUCHLESS INTERACTION | VAN, QUANG T | 3700 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
| 17776394 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING BEVERAGES WITH ENHANCED REGULATION OF MOTORIZED ACTUATION | ULATOWSKI, EMMA ELIZABETH | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2022 |
| 17429375 | BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH PLACEMENT DISPOSITIONS OF RECIPIENTS OF BEVERAGE AND OF BEVERAGE PREPARATION FLUID | WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Aug 09, 2021 |
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