Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited is currently managing 6 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Despite having 6 pending actions, all of them are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specific technical focus for the company's current filings. The prosecution involves 6 distinct examiners, which means that every application is being reviewed by a different individual.
The busiest examiner, CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES, is currently responsible for 1 pending action. With 6 pending office actions and 6 distinct examiners, the company must manage different examination styles, although the concentration in 1 distinct art unit provides a consistent organizational environment. This distribution requires the prosecution team to be mindful of the specific preferences of CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES and the other 6 distinct examiners involved. Practitioners should focus on the standards of the 1 distinct art unit while addressing the unique concerns raised by each examiner currently reviewing these 6 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | 1 | 57.3% | +41.1% |
| MCNICHOLS, ERET C | 1 | 75.0% | -15.7% |
| RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | 1 | 58.6% | +59.2% |
| FARRELL, MICHAEL THADDUES | 1 | — | — |
| HENSON, KATINA N | 1 | 56.6% | +31.9% |
| MULLER, BRYAN R | 1 | 43.8% | +30.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18851538 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS INCLUDING A REMOVABLE BRUSHROLL DRIVE TRAIN | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | — |
| 18839941 | VACUUM CLEANER DOCKING STATION | FARRELL, MICHAEL THADDUES | — |
| 18578198 | SURFACE CLEANER | MULLER, BRYAN R | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18995438 | SURFACE CLEANER | CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | 30d |
| 18815155 | SURFACE CLEANER | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | — |
| 18745580 | FLOOR CLEANER | HENSON, KATINA N | — |
| 18578198 | SURFACE CLEANER | MULLER, BRYAN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18995438 | SURFACE CLEANER | CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18851538 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS INCLUDING A REMOVABLE BRUSHROLL DRIVE TRAIN | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18815155 | SURFACE CLEANER | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18839941 | VACUUM CLEANER DOCKING STATION | FARRELL, MICHAEL THADDUES | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18745580 | FLOOR CLEANER | HENSON, KATINA N | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18578198 | SURFACE CLEANER | MULLER, BRYAN R | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
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