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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pai Lung Machinery Mill Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MARIN, DAKOTA, and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This represents a highly focused and singular point of contact with the patent office.
The busiest examiner, MARIN, DAKOTA, is responsible for the 1 pending office action currently active. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the standards of that specific unit and the individual examiner. The presence of only 1 pending office action indicates a very low volume of current activity. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific requirements of the 1 distinct art unit and the preferences of MARIN, DAKOTA without the need to coordinate across multiple examiners or units. This concentration ensures that all current efforts are directed toward a single point of examination.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNCH, MEGAN E | 1 | 38.1% | +39.7% |
| MARIN, DAKOTA | 1 | 52.5% | +59.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19657742 | CYLINDER AND DIAL KNITTING MACHINE | LYNCH, MEGAN E | — |
| 19278205 | DOUBLE-SIDED YARN-DYED FABRIC | MARIN, DAKOTA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19657742 | CYLINDER AND DIAL KNITTING MACHINE | LYNCH, MEGAN E | — |
| 19278205 | DOUBLE-SIDED YARN-DYED FABRIC | MARIN, DAKOTA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19657742 | CYLINDER AND DIAL KNITTING MACHINE | LYNCH, MEGAN E | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2026 |
| 19278205 | DOUBLE-SIDED YARN-DYED FABRIC | MARIN, DAKOTA | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialPai Lung Machinery Mill Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Megan E Lynch has the most, with 1 of Pai Lung Machinery Mill Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
