Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Urschel Laboratories Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, so each matter has its own reviewer. All 3 actions are concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, showing a unified technical focus for the pending applications. This 3 pending office actions total indicates a targeted approach to securing intellectual property in the mechanical engineering sector.
The busiest examiner, PRONE, JASON D, is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This represents a portion of the 3 total pending office actions. Since there are 3 distinct examiners, each one is handling exactly one action. Practitioners should note that while the 1 distinct art unit is consistent, they will need to navigate the individual styles of three different examiners. This situation requires a strategy that is technically consistent for the art unit but personally tailored for each examiner. The presence of 3 distinct examiners means that the company's success is not tied to a single individual's review. This distribution provides a variety of perspectives within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. Success will depend on effectively addressing the specific requirements of PRONE, JASON D and the other two examiners.
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 (67%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRONE, JASON D | 1 | 61.9% | +25.3% |
| KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE | 1 | 9.1% | +19.4% |
| DONG, LIANG | 1 | 53.2% | +32.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18888695 | CUTTING HEADS, CUTTING MACHINES EQUIPPED THEREWITH, AND METHODS OF OPERATION | KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19025106 | SLICING MACHINES, CUTTING STATIONS THEREFOR, AND METHODS OF USE | PRONE, JASON D | — |
| 18888695 | CUTTING HEADS, CUTTING MACHINES EQUIPPED THEREWITH, AND METHODS OF OPERATION | KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE | — |
| 18810939 | SIZE-REDUCTION MACHINES AND COMPONENTS THEREOF | DONG, LIANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19025106 | SLICING MACHINES, CUTTING STATIONS THEREFOR, AND METHODS OF USE | PRONE, JASON D | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18888695 | CUTTING HEADS, CUTTING MACHINES EQUIPPED THEREWITH, AND METHODS OF OPERATION | KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18810939 | SIZE-REDUCTION MACHINES AND COMPONENTS THEREOF | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
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