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
Pontiac Trail Products LLC currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are situated within a distinct art unit, which may lead to a more uniform application of examination standards for the company's filings. The pending office actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each application receives an independent review from a different USPTO official.
ZAKARIA KHALED AL-ASWAR is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. Because the company's total workload is distributed evenly between the examiners, the prosecution strategy must be flexible enough to address the specific requirements of each individual. This arrangement means that even within a specific art unit, the company faces multiple perspectives on the patentability of its mechanical and medical innovations.
The concentration of filings in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area indicates a clear technical focus. With 1 distinct art unit involved, the administrative burden is relatively low, but the presence of different examiners requires careful coordination of legal arguments. Practitioners should focus on the specific feedback from the busiest examiner to ensure that the company's primary prosecution goals are met effectively.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | 1 | 33.3% | +62.5% |
| SCHULT, ALLEN | 1 | 67.7% | +31.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19067146 | SPLIT BLOCKS WITH MULTIAXIS LIVING HINGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME | AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | — |
| 18533850 | VENT FLAPPER WITH INTAKE/EXHAUST HOLES | SCHULT, ALLEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19067146 | SPLIT BLOCKS WITH MULTIAXIS LIVING HINGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME | AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | — |
| 18533850 | VENT FLAPPER WITH INTAKE/EXHAUST HOLES | SCHULT, ALLEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19067146 | SPLIT BLOCKS WITH MULTIAXIS LIVING HINGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME | AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 18533850 | VENT FLAPPER WITH INTAKE/EXHAUST HOLES | SCHULT, ALLEN | 3762 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
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