Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Reinke Manufacturing Co. Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R., within 1 distinct art unit. The company's current prosecution is focused on this 1 application, which suggests a very specific technical interest or a limited volume of active matters at this time. For the company, this means that the entirety of their current interaction with the patent office is channeled through 1 specific administrative path.
The busiest examiner is DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R., who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This figure matches the total of 1 pending office action, making this examiner the sole individual currently reviewing the company's pending matters. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific examination style of DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R., as his decisions will determine the outcome for the company's active portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area. The concentration within 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner simplifies the management of the 1 pending office action but places significant importance on this 1 relationship with the office.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | 1 | 65.9% | +35.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18899558 | IRRIGATION SYSTEM HAVING IMPROVED END BOOM FOR REDUCING WATER DISTRIBUTION DEAD ZONES | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18899558 | IRRIGATION SYSTEM HAVING IMPROVED END BOOM FOR REDUCING WATER DISTRIBUTION DEAD ZONES | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | 3752 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
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