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
Smile Makers LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions involve 2 distinct examiners but are both located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a centralized administrative review for the portfolio. The 1 distinct art unit suggests the medical devices are classified under a single technical category. This structure allows the applicant to focus their resources on a specific administrative group while managing 2 separate examiner relationships. The alignment of the technical subject matter within this group suggests a focused patenting strategy.
JASON KHALIL HAWKINS is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. With 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the work is divided equally between the assigned staff. For the applicant, this means that understanding the specific tendencies of the 2 distinct examiners is a factor for success. The limited scope of 1 pending office action per examiner simplifies the management of the current portfolio. This approach ensures that feedback is gathered from different professional perspectives within the 1 distinct art unit. Consistency in communication within the single art unit is a key strategic advantage.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 1 | 68.0% | +43.4% |
| GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | 1 | 62.1% | +29.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18242438 | ORAL CARE DEVICES | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | 25d overdue |
| 18242448 | ORAL CARE DEVICES | HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18242438 | ORAL CARE DEVICES | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | 25d overdue |
| 18242448 | ORAL CARE DEVICES | HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18242448 | ORAL CARE DEVICES | HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18242438 | ORAL CARE DEVICES | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | 3723 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 25d overdue | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSmile Makers LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Jason Khalil Hawkins has the most, with 1 of Smile Makers LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
