Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wanner Engineering Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is responsible for one case. The activity is split between 2 distinct art units. This decentralized structure ensures that each of the 2 pending office actions is evaluated independently by a different examiner in a different technical unit.
The busiest examiner is ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C, who has 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units for only 2 pending office actions, the company's current prosecution is fully distributed. This suggests that each of the 2 pending office actions relates to a different technical specialty within the medical and mechanical fields. By having 2 distinct examiners, Wanner Engineering Inc. gains two separate perspectives on its 2 pending office actions, reducing the impact of any single examiner's interpretation. This strategy is beneficial for a company whose 2 pending office actions cover distinct mechanical innovations.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C | 1 | 69.6% | +40.2% |
| DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE | 1 | 73.9% | +16.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18744141 | VALVE WITH REPLACEABLE HARD INSERTS | DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE | 146d overdue |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18744141 | VALVE WITH REPLACEABLE HARD INSERTS | DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE | 146d overdue |
| 19194652 | DIAPHRAGM PUMP AND VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR A DIAPHRAGM PUMP | ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C | 12d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19194652 | DIAPHRAGM PUMP AND VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR A DIAPHRAGM PUMP | ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C | 3746 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 18744141 | VALVE WITH REPLACEABLE HARD INSERTS | DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 146d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
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