Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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
Tuftco Comporation has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The portfolio's current activity is focused on a single administrative channel, which simplifies the coordination of the current prosecution effort. This concentration allows for a highly targeted strategy that is tailored to the specific technical standards of the assigned art unit.
LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 pending office action. As the only examiner currently reviewing the company's applications, LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN's specific approach to the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field is the primary factor for the applicant to consider. This streamlined prosecution environment involves only 1 art unit and 1 examiner for all pending matters. Practitioners should prioritize analyzing the past decisions and examination style of LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN to anticipate potential challenges and develop an effective strategy for the single pending case.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 1 | 61.1% | +41.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19237542 | Synchronous Grass Tufting Machine | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19237542 | Synchronous Grass Tufting Machine | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19237542 | Synchronous Grass Tufting Machine | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
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