Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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 has 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, which means at least one examiner is handling more than one case. All of these applications are being prosecuted within 1 distinct art unit, pointing to a concentrated technical focus for the company's current filings.
WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 2 pending office actions. Since all 3 distinct examiners are located in the same 1 distinct art unit, the company can expect a relatively uniform application of examination standards. The legal team only needs to monitor the trends of that single group while managing the 4 pending office actions. With WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE overseeing 2 cases, the outcomes of those specific matters will have a significant impact on the overall success of the portfolio.
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 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 | 53.6% | +26.2% |
| NGUYEN, PHONG H | 1 | 70.7% | +20.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18934578 | ADJUSTABLE BLADESET FOR HAIR CUTTING DEVICE AND HAIR CUTTING DEVICE INCORPORATING SAME | AYALA, FERNANDO A | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17807078 | VARIABLE PITCH, MULTIPLE ROOT BLADESET FOR HAIR CUTTING | NGUYEN, PHONG H | 45d overdue |
| 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 | — |
| 18498948 | HAIR CLIPPER HAVING BLADE OFFSET ADJUSTMENT | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18874270 | ELECTRIC HAIR CUTTING DEVICE WITH BLADESET LOCKING MECHANISM | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | — | §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 |
| 18498948 | HAIR CLIPPER HAVING BLADE OFFSET ADJUSTMENT | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 17807078 | VARIABLE PITCH, MULTIPLE ROOT BLADESET FOR HAIR CUTTING | NGUYEN, PHONG H | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Jun 15, 2022 |
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