Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
WAHL CLIPPER Corporation is currently managing 5 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are spread across 4 distinct examiners, but they are all contained within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration in a single art unit suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's mechanical innovations. The presence of 5 pending actions indicates a steady level of engagement with the USPTO's medical device examination groups.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE, who is responsible for 2 pending office actions. While there are 4 distinct examiners involved, the fact that all 5 pending actions reside in 1 distinct art unit means the company is dealing with a consistent set of supervisory policies and examination guidelines. This allows for a more unified prosecution strategy despite the involvement of multiple individual examiners. Practitioners can leverage the consistency of the 1 distinct art unit to predict procedural outcomes across all 5 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 2 | 34.5% | +79.2% |
| AYALA, FERNANDO A | 1 | 53.7% | +26.0% |
| PRONE, JASON D | 1 | 61.9% | +24.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18934578 | ADJUSTABLE BLADESET FOR HAIR CUTTING DEVICE AND HAIR CUTTING DEVICE INCORPORATING SAME | AYALA, FERNANDO A | — |
| 18856987 | VIBRATORY MOTOR WITH STROKE CONTROL | PRONE, JASON D | — |
| 18498948 | HAIR CLIPPER HAVING BLADE OFFSET ADJUSTMENT | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18874270 | ELECTRIC HAIR CUTTING DEVICE WITH BLADESET LOCKING MECHANISM | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | — |
| 18934578 | ADJUSTABLE BLADESET FOR HAIR CUTTING DEVICE AND HAIR CUTTING DEVICE INCORPORATING SAME | AYALA, FERNANDO A | — |
| 18856987 | VIBRATORY MOTOR WITH STROKE CONTROL | PRONE, JASON D | — |
| 18498948 | HAIR CLIPPER HAVING BLADE OFFSET ADJUSTMENT | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18874270 | ELECTRIC HAIR CUTTING DEVICE WITH BLADESET LOCKING MECHANISM | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 3724 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18934578 | ADJUSTABLE BLADESET FOR HAIR CUTTING DEVICE AND HAIR CUTTING DEVICE INCORPORATING SAME | AYALA, FERNANDO A | 3724 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18856987 | VIBRATORY MOTOR WITH STROKE CONTROL | PRONE, JASON D | 3724 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18498948 | HAIR CLIPPER HAVING BLADE OFFSET ADJUSTMENT | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialWAHL CLIPPER Corporation has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
Haleigh Noelle Watson has the most, with 2 of WAHL CLIPPER Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
