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
Pai Lung Machinery Mill Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are both situated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for the company's current patent applications. Prosecution is handled by 2 distinct examiners, meaning each pending action has its own assigned examiner. Dakota Marin is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 pending office action.
This distribution shows that the company's 2 pending matters are being reviewed by different individuals even though they fall under the same art unit. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company is likely developing a specific line of mechanical machinery. Practitioners should note that the pending actions will require addressing the individual styles of the different examiners. Dakota Marin handles 1 of the active matters.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARIN, DAKOTA | 1 | 52.3% | +59.2% |
| LYNCH, MEGAN E | 1 | 38.2% | +40.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18299619 | DOUBLE-SIDED PLUSH FABRIC | LYNCH, MEGAN E | 16d overdue |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18299619 | DOUBLE-SIDED PLUSH FABRIC | LYNCH, MEGAN E | 16d overdue |
| 19278205 | DOUBLE-SIDED YARN-DYED FABRIC | MARIN, DAKOTA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19278205 | DOUBLE-SIDED YARN-DYED FABRIC | MARIN, DAKOTA | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 18299619 | DOUBLE-SIDED PLUSH FABRIC | LYNCH, MEGAN E | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
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