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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shenzhen Fenda Technology Co. Ltd. is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 pending action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner. The concentration of the workload within 1 art unit suggests a focused prosecution effort at this stage. Practitioners should note that the active portfolio is currently subject to the review of a specific administrative group at the USPTO.
ASQIRIBA, KARIM is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. This examiner is responsible for the 1 pending office action identified in the company data. The progress of the company's patent applications is directly tied to this individual's examination pace and requirements.
The Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector represents the current active prosecution front for the company. Successful prosecution will require addressing the concerns of ASQIRIBA, KARIM within the assigned art unit. This 1 action represents the primary point of activity for the portfolio's expansion in this technical field. Monitoring the status of the pending office action is essential for understanding the company's near-term intellectual property trajectory.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASQIRIBA, KARIM | 1 | 57.7% | +46.5% |
| NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 1 | 33.3% | +58.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18426840 | HAIR STYLING DEVICE | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18581745 | DEVICE WITH A GEAR ADJUSTMENT FOR CURLY HAIR DIAMETER AND HAIRDRESSING DEVICE | ASQIRIBA, KARIM | — |
| 18426840 | HAIR STYLING DEVICE | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18581745 | DEVICE WITH A GEAR ADJUSTMENT FOR CURLY HAIR DIAMETER AND HAIRDRESSING DEVICE | ASQIRIBA, KARIM | 3772 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18426840 | HAIR STYLING DEVICE | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 3700 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
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