Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Spraying Systems Co. is managing 7 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners. The portfolio is active across 3 distinct art units. This distribution shows that the company's technology is being reviewed by different specialized groups within the USPTO.
SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. Since there are 7 distinct examiners for 7 pending actions, each examiner is responsible for exactly one case. This indicates a decentralized prosecution landscape where the applicant must engage with 7 different individuals across 3 distinct art units. The lack of concentration among examiners means that no single individual's tendencies will dominate the overall portfolio outcomes. Practitioners should prepare for 7 unique examiner perspectives while navigating the 3 art units involved.
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 | 4 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 | 51.3% | +40.0% |
| HULS, NATALIE F | 1 | 76.9% | +21.8% |
| DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | 1 | 65.9% | +35.4% |
| LEE, CHEE-CHONG | 1 | 64.4% | +52.4% |
| MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | 1 | 28.2% | +37.0% |
| LAU, JASON | 1 | 53.7% | +15.6% |
| HO, ANNA THI | 1 | 40.0% | +33.9% |
| KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1 | 17.7% | +16.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 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 | — |
| 17776008 | ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY DRIED MILK PRODUCT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 18884867 | HANDHELD LIQUID SPRAY GUN | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | — |
| 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 | — |
| 17776008 | ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY DRIED MILK PRODUCT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 2 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| 1791 | 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 | — | §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 | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18884867 | HANDHELD LIQUID SPRAY GUN | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 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 | — | §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 |
| 17776008 | ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY DRIED MILK PRODUCT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 11, 2022 |
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