Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Unger Marketing International LLC is managing 7 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are spread across 4 distinct art units, indicating a range of technical subject matter within the portfolio. The prosecution is further decentralized by the involvement of 7 distinct examiners, meaning each pending action is assigned to a different individual.
HINDMAN, FREDERICK ARTHUR is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the 7 pending office actions are split among 7 distinct examiners, no single examiner has a dominant influence over the portfolio's current trajectory. This distribution requires the applicant to adapt to the specific nuances of 4 different art units and 7 different examiner perspectives simultaneously.
The high ratio of examiners to pending actions suggests that the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering portfolio is not concentrated under a specific group or individual. Practitioners must prepare for varied feedback across the 7 pending office actions. Success in one of the 4 distinct art units may not necessarily translate to success in others, given the unique examiner assignments for every active case.
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 | 2 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAH, CHUCK Y | 1 | 79.6% | +10.4% |
| HINDMAN, FREDERICK ARTHUR | 1 | — | — |
| MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 1 | 63.4% | +27.5% |
| VARMA, ASHISH K | 1 | 74.5% | +32.5% |
| CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | 1 | 57.3% | +41.1% |
| PAL, PRINCE | 1 | 70.8% | +16.5% |
| OLIVER, BRADLEY S | 1 | 60.9% | +14.3% |
| LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 1 | 69.3% | +35.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18045476 | FOLDIBLE REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 89d overdue |
| 18915801 | ADJUSTABLE SQUEEGEE WITH SCRUBBER BAR | HINDMAN, FREDERICK ARTHUR | — |
| 18586854 | REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL WITH CO-MOLDED JAW | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | — |
| 18407838 | HANDHELD CLEANING TOOL | CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | — |
| 18545565 | BUCKET WITH LOCKABLE HANDLE | PAL, PRINCE | — |
| 18232629 | HARD SURFACE CLEANING AND CONDITIONING ASSEMBLIES | OLIVER, BRADLEY S | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18045476 | FOLDIBLE REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 89d overdue |
| 19046780 | EXTENDABLE POLE FOR CLEANING TOOL | MAH, CHUCK Y | — |
| 18586854 | REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL WITH CO-MOLDED JAW | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | — |
| 18441330 | REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL | VARMA, ASHISH K | — |
| 18407838 | HANDHELD CLEANING TOOL | CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | — |
| 18545565 | BUCKET WITH LOCKABLE HANDLE | PAL, PRINCE | — |
| 18232629 | HARD SURFACE CLEANING AND CONDITIONING ASSEMBLIES | OLIVER, BRADLEY S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19046780 | EXTENDABLE POLE FOR CLEANING TOOL | MAH, CHUCK Y | 3677 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 18915801 | ADJUSTABLE SQUEEGEE WITH SCRUBBER BAR | HINDMAN, FREDERICK ARTHUR | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18586854 | REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL WITH CO-MOLDED JAW | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18441330 | REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL | VARMA, ASHISH K | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18407838 | HANDHELD CLEANING TOOL | CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 18545565 | BUCKET WITH LOCKABLE HANDLE | PAL, PRINCE | 3735 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18232629 | HARD SURFACE CLEANING AND CONDITIONING ASSEMBLIES | OLIVER, BRADLEY S | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18045476 | FOLDIBLE REACHING AND GRASPING TOOL | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 3731 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 89d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2022 |
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