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
Orchard Yarn And Thread Company Inc. has 1 pending office action in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a focused prosecution effort for a specific mechanical innovation, where the applicant can concentrate on the technical requirements of a single specialized group within the patent office.
LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, responsible for the 1 pending office action. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution process is streamlined. Success depends on addressing the specific technical concerns of this single examiner within the mechanical engineering art unit. By focusing on the 1 pending office action, the applicant can work toward a resolution with the 1 distinct examiner, ensuring that the innovation is reviewed according to the specific standards of the assigned 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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 1 | 61.1% | +41.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18790663 | YARN WITH INITIAL LOOPED PORTION TO BYPASS NEED FOR CASTING-ON | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 23d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18790663 | YARN WITH INITIAL LOOPED PORTION TO BYPASS NEED FOR CASTING-ON | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 23d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18790663 | YARN WITH INITIAL LOOPED PORTION TO BYPASS NEED FOR CASTING-ON | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
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