Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 3 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (11%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (11%) |
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VITALE, MICHAEL J | 2 | 67.2% | +34.7% |
| MCCLAIN, GERALD | 1 | 74.3% | +14.5% |
| CORDERO, LINA M | 1 | 71.6% | +37.5% |
| SNYDER, ALAN W | 1 | 82.1% | +12.3% |
| SHUM, KENT N | 1 | 37.7% | +50.3% |
| CADUGAN, ERICA E | 1 | 63.1% | +50.5% |
| COOK, KYLE A | 1 | 61.8% | +41.4% |
| DION, MARCEL T | 1 | 40.8% | +37.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18724983 | Apparatus For Loading And Unloading A Machine Tool For Machining Toothing Systems | MCCLAIN, GERALD | — |
| 18700021 | METHOD OF MONITORING THE CONDITION OF A GEAR CUTTING MACHINE | CORDERO, LINA M | — |
| 18692620 | DEVICE FOR GEAR CUTTING, TOOL HEAD AND GEAR CUTTING MACHINE | SNYDER, ALAN W | — |
| 18265868 | TOOL HEAD AND METHOD OF OPERATING A TOOL HEAD | CADUGAN, ERICA E | — |
| 18265858 | TOOL CHANGER | VITALE, MICHAEL J | — |
| 17794444 | METHOD FOR WORKING A WORKPIECE WITH TWO TOOTHINGS, POSITIONING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A REFERENCE ROTATIONAL ANGLE POSITION OF THE WORKPIECE AND POWER TOOL WITH SUCH A POSITIONING DEVICE | COOK, KYLE A | — |
| 17433274 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PROCESS MONITORING IN CONTINUOUS GENERATION GRINDING | DION, MARCEL T | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18724983 | Apparatus For Loading And Unloading A Machine Tool For Machining Toothing Systems | MCCLAIN, GERALD | — |
| 18700021 | METHOD OF MONITORING THE CONDITION OF A GEAR CUTTING MACHINE | CORDERO, LINA M | — |
| 18692620 | DEVICE FOR GEAR CUTTING, TOOL HEAD AND GEAR CUTTING MACHINE | SNYDER, ALAN W | — |
| 18266976 | HUB FLANGE FOR A TOOL BODY | SHUM, KENT N | — |
| 18265868 | TOOL HEAD AND METHOD OF OPERATING A TOOL HEAD | CADUGAN, ERICA E | — |
| 18265858 | TOOL CHANGER | VITALE, MICHAEL J | — |
| 17794444 | METHOD FOR WORKING A WORKPIECE WITH TWO TOOTHINGS, POSITIONING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A REFERENCE ROTATIONAL ANGLE POSITION OF THE WORKPIECE AND POWER TOOL WITH SUCH A POSITIONING DEVICE | COOK, KYLE A | — |
| 17625559 | MACHINE TOOL FOR THE MACHINING OF ROTARY PARTS WITH GROOVE-LIKE PROFILES BY A GENERATING METHOD | VITALE, MICHAEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3722 | 4 |
| 3723 | 2 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18724983 | Apparatus For Loading And Unloading A Machine Tool For Machining Toothing Systems | MCCLAIN, GERALD | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18700021 | METHOD OF MONITORING THE CONDITION OF A GEAR CUTTING MACHINE | CORDERO, LINA M | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18692620 | DEVICE FOR GEAR CUTTING, TOOL HEAD AND GEAR CUTTING MACHINE | SNYDER, ALAN W | 3722 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18266976 | HUB FLANGE FOR A TOOL BODY | SHUM, KENT N | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18265868 | TOOL HEAD AND METHOD OF OPERATING A TOOL HEAD | CADUGAN, ERICA E | 3722 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18265858 | TOOL CHANGER | VITALE, MICHAEL J | 3722 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 17794444 | METHOD FOR WORKING A WORKPIECE WITH TWO TOOTHINGS, POSITIONING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A REFERENCE ROTATIONAL ANGLE POSITION OF THE WORKPIECE AND POWER TOOL WITH SUCH A POSITIONING DEVICE | COOK, KYLE A | 3726 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2022 |
| 17625559 | MACHINE TOOL FOR THE MACHINING OF ROTARY PARTS WITH GROOVE-LIKE PROFILES BY A GENERATING METHOD | VITALE, MICHAEL J | 3722 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2022 |
| 17433274 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PROCESS MONITORING IN CONTINUOUS GENERATION GRINDING | DION, MARCEL T | 3723 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2021 |
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