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
Zhejiang Jingsheng M & E Co. Ltd. is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners. This means that each pending matter is being handled by a separate individual, providing different points of contact within the patent office.
The workload is further divided across 2 distinct art units. This indicates that the company's mechanical and medical device filings are categorized into different technical specialties. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE, who is currently responsible for 1 pending office action.
With the busiest examiner managing 1 pending office action, the workload is evenly split across the 2 distinct examiners. The involvement of 2 distinct art units for 2 pending office actions suggests a diverse range of subject matter. Practitioners should tailor their prosecution strategies to the specific requirements of each art unit involved in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 1 | 34.5% | +79.2% |
| SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H | 1 | 56.3% | +37.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18227933 | CRYSTAL BAR SLICER, CRYSTAL BAR SLICING SYSTEM AND LOADING METHOD THEREOF | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 76d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17726542 | HEATING BODY OF EPITAXIAL GROWTH DEVICE | SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H | 28d |
| 18227933 | CRYSTAL BAR SLICER, CRYSTAL BAR SLICING SYSTEM AND LOADING METHOD THEREOF | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 76d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18227933 | CRYSTAL BAR SLICER, CRYSTAL BAR SLICING SYSTEM AND LOADING METHOD THEREOF | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 3724 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | Jul 30, 2023 |
| 17726542 | HEATING BODY OF EPITAXIAL GROWTH DEVICE | SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Apr 22, 2022 |
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