Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sfc Global Supply Chain Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners, which matches the total count of pending actions. All prosecution activity is localized within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a narrow technical focus for the company's current patent filings. This localization within 1 distinct art unit can simplify the management of prosecution deadlines and examiner interviews.
AXTELL, ASHLEY serves as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions, each examiner is managing an equal portion of the active portfolio. This distribution within a single art unit allows for a focused prosecution strategy targeting specific examiner preferences within that unit. The alignment of 2 pending office actions with 2 distinct examiners indicates that no single examiner is overwhelmed by the company's current filings, potentially allowing for more thorough individual attention to each case.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, PHONG H | 1 | 70.7% | +20.6% |
| ATTEL, NINA KAY | 1 | 41.4% | +27.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17501849 | SEMI-RIGID CARTON POUCH PACKAGE | ATTEL, NINA KAY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18170058 | ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR HANDLING FOOD | NGUYEN, PHONG H | — |
| 17501849 | SEMI-RIGID CARTON POUCH PACKAGE | ATTEL, NINA KAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| 3734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18170058 | ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR HANDLING FOOD | NGUYEN, PHONG H | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 17501849 | SEMI-RIGID CARTON POUCH PACKAGE | ATTEL, NINA KAY | 3734 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2021 |
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