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
The Hilsinger Company Parent LLC currently has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Both actions are housed within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focused examination environment for the company's current pending matters. The portfolio is split between 2 distinct examiners, with each handling one case. This requires the company to address the specific requirements of two different individuals.
TOWNSEND, GUY K is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending actions and distinct examiners, the company must manage different examiner styles. However, the use of only 1 distinct art unit suggests that the underlying examination standards and technical benchmarks remain consistent across both pending matters. Practitioners should focus on the individual preferences of the 2 distinct examiners while operating within the unified framework of the art unit for the pending office actions.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOWNSEND, GUY K | 1 | 74.4% | +25.1% |
| BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 60.5% | +31.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19022384 | SELF-HEATING COMPRESS FOR MOIST HEAT DELIVERY | TOWNSEND, GUY K | — |
| 18762901 | THERAPEUTIC EYE MASK WITH SLIDING EYE PODS | BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19022384 | SELF-HEATING COMPRESS FOR MOIST HEAT DELIVERY | TOWNSEND, GUY K | 3781 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18762901 | THERAPEUTIC EYE MASK WITH SLIDING EYE PODS | BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialThe Hilsinger Company Parent LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Guy K Townsend has the most, with 1 of The Hilsinger Company Parent LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
