Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Taizhou Didu Environmental Protection Technology Co. Ltd. is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, which is the only examiner currently assigned to the company's pending matters. The prosecution is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is HEINLE, COURTNEY D, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since the company has only 1 pending office action in total, this examiner handles the entire current pending workload.
The company's prosecution profile is narrow, with 1 pending office action in 1 art unit. This indicates a specific focus within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The success of the company's current patenting efforts is dependent on the interaction with HEINLE, COURTNEY D. Practitioners should note that the lack of diversity in examiner assignment means the company cannot compare different perspectives on its technical claims. Future filings may benefit from targeting additional art units to spread risk across more than 1 examiner. Strategy should focus on navigating the requirements of HEINLE, COURTNEY D to secure the 1 pending action. The company's immediate success in this technology area is tied to this 1 active prosecution path.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEINLE, COURTNEY D | 1 | 75.5% | +19.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18510719 | Lateral Spraying Device and Use Method Thereof | HEINLE, COURTNEY D | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18510719 | Lateral Spraying Device and Use Method Thereof | HEINLE, COURTNEY D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18510719 | Lateral Spraying Device and Use Method Thereof | HEINLE, COURTNEY D | 3745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialTaizhou Didu Environmental Protection Technology Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Courtney D Heinle has the most, with 1 of Taizhou Didu Environmental Protection Technology Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
