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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Orpaz Defense Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, Adam J Waggenspack. The portfolio is currently active in 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a singular technical focus. Adam J Waggenspack is the busiest examiner, overseeing the 1 pending office action.
Because there is only 1 pending office action, Adam J Waggenspack manages the entire pending workload for the company. The presence of 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit for the 1 pending office action suggests a highly centralized prosecution environment. Practitioners should tailor their strategy to the specific requirements of Adam J Waggenspack and the standards of the 1 distinct art unit involved to advance the current filing.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | 1 | 45.8% | +46.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19063621 | FORWARD DRAW HOLSTER WITH HOLSTER RETENTION MECHANISM | WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19063621 | FORWARD DRAW HOLSTER WITH HOLSTER RETENTION MECHANISM | WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19063621 | FORWARD DRAW HOLSTER WITH HOLSTER RETENTION MECHANISM | WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | 3734 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
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