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
Powerslide GmbH has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner is WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL, who holds 1 pending action.
The presence of 2 pending actions across 2 examiners within 1 art unit indicates that while the technical focus is narrow, the prosecution is being handled by different individuals. This may lead to different examination styles within the same technical group. With 2 pending actions total, the portfolio's current activity is technically unified but personnel-diverse. Practitioners should coordinate arguments to ensure consistency within the 1 art unit while adapting to the 2 examiners. This structure provides a stable technical environment for the 2 pending matters currently under review and allows for a specialized approach to the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL | 1 | 80.4% | +5.9% |
| 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18924985 | SHOE FASTENING SYSTEM | WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL | — |
| 18776247 | SPORTS SHOE | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18776247 | SPORTS SHOE | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18924985 | SHOE FASTENING SYSTEM | WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18776247 | SPORTS SHOE | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
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