Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Wilson Tool International Inc. is managing 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners, meaning each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. Despite the multiple examiners, both actions are located within 1 distinct art unit.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the workload is split evenly, with each examiner handling one action. This structure suggests that the technical focus is narrow enough to stay within 1 distinct art unit, but the specific applications are assigned to different examiners.
Practitioners should note the consistency of the 1 distinct art unit. While they must interact with 2 distinct examiners, the underlying examination standards are likely to be uniform across the 2 pending office actions. This can help in developing a cohesive strategy for the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering 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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | 1 | 33.3% | +0.0% |
| EKIERT, TERESA M | 1 | 79.3% | +3.1% |
| BUSE, MARK KENNETH | 1 | 77.5% | +9.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17959058 | DRIVING SYSTEM FOR MACHINING TOOLS OR OTHER TOOLING USABLE WITH METAL-FABRICATING PRESSES OR OTHER MACHINES | BUSE, MARK KENNETH | 99d overdue |
| 19016396 | TOOL HOLDER ASSEMBLY, AND SEATING/SECURING COMPONENTS AND ACTIVATION SYSTEMS THEREFOR | DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | — |
| 18533126 | TOOL HOLDER ASSEMBLY, AND SEATING/SECURING COMPONENTS AND ACTIVATION SYSTEMS THEREFOR | EKIERT, TERESA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 1 |
| 3654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19016396 | TOOL HOLDER ASSEMBLY, AND SEATING/SECURING COMPONENTS AND ACTIVATION SYSTEMS THEREFOR | DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18533126 | TOOL HOLDER ASSEMBLY, AND SEATING/SECURING COMPONENTS AND ACTIVATION SYSTEMS THEREFOR | EKIERT, TERESA M | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 17959058 | DRIVING SYSTEM FOR MACHINING TOOLS OR OTHER TOOLING USABLE WITH METAL-FABRICATING PRESSES OR OTHER MACHINES | BUSE, MARK KENNETH | 3654 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 99d overdue | Pending | Oct 03, 2022 |
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