Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Lee Company has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Both matters are assigned to 1 distinct art unit. This shows a concentrated technical focus for the company's current patent activities.
The 2 pending office actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners. McCalister, William M is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners and only 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution environment is very small and specific. Each case requires an individual approach despite being in the same art unit.
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%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLON MORALES, DAVID | 1 | 79.0% | +17.6% |
| MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | 1 | 69.0% | +19.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19242535 | POPPET FOR VALVE, VALVE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW THROUGH THE VALVE | MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19242526 | ASSEMBLY FOR CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW AND METHOD OF MAKING THE ASSEMBLY | COLON MORALES, DAVID | — |
| 19242535 | POPPET FOR VALVE, VALVE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW THROUGH THE VALVE | MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19242526 | ASSEMBLY FOR CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW AND METHOD OF MAKING THE ASSEMBLY | COLON MORALES, DAVID | 3753 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19242535 | POPPET FOR VALVE, VALVE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW THROUGH THE VALVE | MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
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