With A1 status, they are published, will probably be granted to some degree however some claims may not be defendable… but it may keep away some competitions.
i remember dealing with competitor patented products and some colleagues at the time said it was untouchable because “patented”… i read the claims, found out what defendable, redesigned the few features/claims that were defendable and of course patented my solution… they did something with patented access from the right side, we did a similar thing with patented access from the left…