Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wuhan Dr Laser Technology Corp. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that the company's current pending matters are likely related or part of the same patent family. Practitioners should note that the 1 distinct art unit involved suggests a specialized focus within the medical devices field. The concentration of the portfolio means that all current prosecution activity is limited to 1 point of contact.
The busiest examiner is LEE JR, WOODY A, who is managing 2 pending office actions. As the total number of pending actions is 2, this 1 examiner is responsible for the company's active prosecution. This centralization means that the company's immediate success in obtaining patents in this technology area depends on the interactions with this 1 examiner. This simplifies the coordination of responses but makes the outcome of the company's patent efforts dependent on LEE JR, WOODY A's perspective. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements and preferences of this 1 examiner to advance the 2 pending applications.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE JR, WOODY A | 2 | 84.6% | +12.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19538607 | LASER-INDUCED FIRING-BASED PROCESSING DEVICE | LEE JR, WOODY A | — |
| 19164293 | LASER-INDUCED FIRING-BASED PROCESSING DEVICE | LEE JR, WOODY A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19538607 | LASER-INDUCED FIRING-BASED PROCESSING DEVICE | LEE JR, WOODY A | — |
| 19164293 | LASER-INDUCED FIRING-BASED PROCESSING DEVICE | LEE JR, WOODY A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19538607 | LASER-INDUCED FIRING-BASED PROCESSING DEVICE | LEE JR, WOODY A | 3761 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2026 |
| 19164293 | LASER-INDUCED FIRING-BASED PROCESSING DEVICE | LEE JR, WOODY A | 3761 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
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