Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. FLYNN, TIMOTHY LEE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending matter currently active. The 2 pending office actions are located in 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's medical and mechanical innovations are being reviewed in different specialized divisions.
With 2 distinct examiners involved, the prosecution process requires managing two separate sets of examiner feedback. FLYNN, TIMOTHY LEE handles 1 busiest examiner pending case, while the other action is under the review of a different examiner in a separate art unit. This distribution across 2 distinct art units suggests a diverse technical portfolio that requires specialized attention for each of the 2 pending office actions. Practitioners must coordinate their responses to ensure that the 1 busiest examiner pending matter and the other active case remain consistent with the company's overall goals. The 2 pending office actions represent the current workload for this technology area.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1 | 73.8% | +10.4% |
| FLYNN, TIMOTHY LEE | 1 | 62.9% | +29.7% |
| TATESURE, VINCENT | 1 | 44.9% | +31.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19109748 | ARC FLASH PROTECTIVE MATERIALS | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | — |
| 18286480 | SURGICAL SUCTION VENTING SYSTEM | FLYNN, TIMOTHY LEE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17274072 | ARC FLASH PROTECTIVE MATERIALS | TATESURE, VINCENT | 25d overdue |
| 19109748 | ARC FLASH PROTECTIVE MATERIALS | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | — |
| 18286480 | SURGICAL SUCTION VENTING SYSTEM | FLYNN, TIMOTHY LEE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1786 | 2 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19109748 | ARC FLASH PROTECTIVE MATERIALS | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1786 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 18286480 | SURGICAL SUCTION VENTING SYSTEM | FLYNN, TIMOTHY LEE | 3781 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 17274072 | ARC FLASH PROTECTIVE MATERIALS | TATESURE, VINCENT | 1786 | §103 | Final Rejection | 25d overdue | Pending | Mar 05, 2021 |
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