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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ppg Architectural Finishes Inc. holds 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners but are both located within 1 distinct art unit. ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. While the examiners differ, the concentration in a single art unit suggests a consistent set of examination guidelines will apply to the 2 cases.
This allows the applicant to focus on the specific standards of one specialized division. Practitioners should note that ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO is 1 of the examiners currently reviewing the company's work. With 2 pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit, the company benefits from technical consistency even with different personnel. This structure requires a prosecution strategy that addresses the individual preferences of the distinct examiners while adhering to the unified rules of their shared art unit. The medical device focus is clearly defined within this single examination group.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 1 | 61.2% | +35.2% |
| BOECKMANN, JASON J | 1 | 49.1% | +28.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18853457 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN MAINTAINING CONDUITS AND PIPES | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17600697 | PNEUMATIC SPRAY GUN CARTRIDGE | BOECKMANN, JASON J | 10d overdue |
| 18853457 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN MAINTAINING CONDUITS AND PIPES | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18853457 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN MAINTAINING CONDUITS AND PIPES | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 17600697 | PNEUMATIC SPRAY GUN CARTRIDGE | BOECKMANN, JASON J | 3752 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Oct 01, 2021 |
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