Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zurn Water LLC currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action.
The concentration of the portfolio under a single examiner and art unit suggests a focused prosecution strategy. Practitioners can expect a consistent examination experience as all current activity is centralized under this specific official. This workload represents the entirety of the company's current pending prosecution activity in this data set. The absence of multiple competing matters allows for a dedicated approach to this specific application.
With a single individual involved, the company's immediate patent outcomes in this technology area depend on a singular interpretation of the claims. The classification indicates that the technology is being reviewed by a specialized group. This matter serves as the primary focal point for the company's current interactions with the patent office, requiring a targeted response to satisfy the requirements of the assigned examiner.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 1 | 78.0% | +16.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18587676 | MONOLITHIC DRAIN, TOOLING, AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18587676 | MONOLITHIC DRAIN, TOOLING, AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18587676 | MONOLITHIC DRAIN, TOOLING, AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
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