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
AB Lindex is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are both located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focused technical scope for the company's current applications. The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner, COLLIER, JAMESON D, who is responsible for both pending actions.
The busiest examiner, COLLIER, JAMESON D, is responsible for 2 busiest_examiner_pending office actions. This accounts for the entirety of the 2 total pending office actions currently on the docket. Because both pending actions are assigned to the same 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit, the company has a single point of contact for its current prosecution efforts.
Managing 2 pending office actions with 1 distinct examiner allows for a consistent prosecution strategy within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The 1 distinct art unit provides a stable administrative framework for both actions. This arrangement enables the company to focus its efforts on the specific preferences of COLLIER, JAMESON D while navigating the standards of 1 art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLIER, JAMESON D | 2 | 54.2% | +47.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18989204 | Protective garment | COLLIER, JAMESON D | — |
| 18692806 | Protective garment | COLLIER, JAMESON D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18989204 | Protective garment | COLLIER, JAMESON D | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18692806 | Protective garment | COLLIER, JAMESON D | 3781 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 16, 2024 |
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