Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Spraying Systems Co. has 6 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 6 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, showing broad examiner distribution with some concentration within the technical units.
SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because the matters are spread across examiners, counsel should emphasize consistent device terminology and technical support while adapting responses to the four art unit settings.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | 1 | 51.7% | +39.6% |
| HULS, NATALIE F | 1 | 76.7% | +21.9% |
| LEE, CHEE-CHONG | 1 | 64.3% | +52.5% |
| MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | 1 | 28.2% | +37.0% |
| LAU, JASON | 1 | 54.1% | +15.9% |
| HO, ANNA THI | 1 | 39.3% | +34.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19098651 | SPRAY NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH MULTIPLE DISCHARGE ORIFICES AND INDEPENDENT FLOW CONTROL | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | — |
| 18814171 | SPRAY NOZZLE WITH MULTIPLE DISCHARGE ORIFICES FOR PRODUCING FULL CONE SPRAY PATTERN | LEE, CHEE-CHONG | — |
| 18763208 | ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY DRIED OIL POWDERS AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF | MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18129355 | ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY DRIED ACTIVE COMPOUND POWDERS AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF | LAU, JASON | 44d overdue |
| 19098651 | SPRAY NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH MULTIPLE DISCHARGE ORIFICES AND INDEPENDENT FLOW CONTROL | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | — |
| 18900156 | MONITORING PERFORMANCE AND MAINTENANCE STATUS OF A NOZZLE ORIFICE USING A NANOPARTICLE COATING SENSOR | HULS, NATALIE F | — |
| 18814171 | SPRAY NOZZLE WITH MULTIPLE DISCHARGE ORIFICES FOR PRODUCING FULL CONE SPRAY PATTERN | LEE, CHEE-CHONG | — |
| 18763208 | ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY DRIED OIL POWDERS AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF | MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | — |
| 18106250 | SPRAYING SYSTEM WITH SENSOR AIR SHIELD | HO, ANNA THI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 3 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19098651 | SPRAY NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH MULTIPLE DISCHARGE ORIFICES AND INDEPENDENT FLOW CONTROL | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | 3752 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 18900156 | MONITORING PERFORMANCE AND MAINTENANCE STATUS OF A NOZZLE ORIFICE USING A NANOPARTICLE COATING SENSOR | HULS, NATALIE F | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18814171 | SPRAY NOZZLE WITH MULTIPLE DISCHARGE ORIFICES FOR PRODUCING FULL CONE SPRAY PATTERN | LEE, CHEE-CHONG | 3752 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18763208 | ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY DRIED OIL POWDERS AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF | MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18129355 | ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY DRIED ACTIVE COMPOUND POWDERS AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF | LAU, JASON | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18106250 | SPRAYING SYSTEM WITH SENSOR AIR SHIELD | HO, ANNA THI | 3752 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSpraying Systems Co. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 6 examiners.
Kevin Edward Schwartz has the most, with 1 of Spraying Systems Co.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
