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 • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zhejiang Prulde Electric Appliance Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are spread across 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution suggests a broader technical scope within the mechanical systems field compared to more concentrated portfolios. The 3 pending office actions represent the current active workload for the company's patent strategy.
The busiest examiner, GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners, each examiner is handling exactly one matter. This even distribution across 3 distinct examiners means that no single examiner has a disproportionate impact on the portfolio's overall progress.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units for the 3 pending office actions indicates that the company's technology spans multiple specialized examination groups. Practitioners must navigate the different standards and prior art databases used by these 2 art units. Coordinating the prosecution of 3 pending office actions across 2 distinct art units requires attention to the specific requirements of each group.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 1 | 63.7% | +51.5% |
| GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | 1 | 66.6% | +34.5% |
| OLIVA, STEPHANIE RENEE | 1 | 50.0% | +63.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18619420 | DRAIN CLEANING MACHINE | GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | — |
| 18535482 | TEMPERATURE ANOMALY HANDLING METHOD FOR HOT AIR HEATING EQUIPMENT | OLIVA, STEPHANIE RENEE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18619420 | DRAIN CLEANING MACHINE | GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | — |
| 18681872 | ELECTROSTATIC GENERATION DEVICE FOR AN ATOMIZER | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | — |
| 18535482 | TEMPERATURE ANOMALY HANDLING METHOD FOR HOT AIR HEATING EQUIPMENT | OLIVA, STEPHANIE RENEE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18619420 | DRAIN CLEANING MACHINE | GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18681872 | ELECTROSTATIC GENERATION DEVICE FOR AN ATOMIZER | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | 3752 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18535482 | TEMPERATURE ANOMALY HANDLING METHOD FOR HOT AIR HEATING EQUIPMENT | OLIVA, STEPHANIE RENEE | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
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