Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Welbilt Deutschland GmbH has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners. Both pending actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit.
KO, JASON Y is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending action. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technical area for the portfolio. However, the presence of 2 distinct examiners means the company must navigate different individual perspectives within that single art unit.
With 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, there is no examiner overlap. This requires the company to tailor its prosecution strategy to different individuals, even though they are both working within the same technical group. The 1 action per examiner ensures that each case receives an independent review.
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%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KO, JASON Y | 1 | 75.6% | +16.7% |
| NGUYEN, NGOC T | 1 | 83.6% | +19.1% |
| HOANG, MICHAEL G | 1 | 47.5% | +37.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18413424 | KITCHEN AND/OR GASTRONOMIC APPLIANCE | NGUYEN, NGOC T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19059078 | ASSEMBLY FOR ARRANGING IN A KITCHEN AND/OR CATERING DEVICE | KO, JASON Y | — |
| 18413424 | KITCHEN AND/OR GASTRONOMIC APPLIANCE | NGUYEN, NGOC T | — |
| 17949362 | COOKING DEVICE, ESPECIALLY COMMERCIAL COOKING DEVICE | HOANG, MICHAEL G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19059078 | ASSEMBLY FOR ARRANGING IN A KITCHEN AND/OR CATERING DEVICE | KO, JASON Y | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 18413424 | KITCHEN AND/OR GASTRONOMIC APPLIANCE | NGUYEN, NGOC T | 3799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 17949362 | COOKING DEVICE, ESPECIALLY COMMERCIAL COOKING DEVICE | HOANG, MICHAEL G | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2022 |
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