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
The patent portfolio for Alexander F. Castellanos is situated in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Current prosecution activity is limited to 1 pending office action, which is being handled by 1 distinct examiner. This singular focus indicates a streamlined interaction with the USPTO at this stage of the portfolio's development, allowing for a precise focus on the technical merits of the individual application.
The examination process is confined to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a specific technical focus for the pending matter. Amanda L Steinberg serves as the busiest examiner for this portfolio with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because this 1 action represents the entirety of the company's pending workload, the prosecution path is currently dependent on the review of this specific examiner within their respective art unit. Practitioners can utilize this concentration to develop a deep understanding of the examiner's specific requirements and the art unit's typical rejection patterns to facilitate a more efficient resolution.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEINBERG, AMANDA L | 1 | 51.3% | +27.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18136545 | MONITORING USERS WITH A MOBILE DEVICE WHILE THE USERS ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18136545 | MONITORING USERS WITH A MOBILE DEVICE WHILE THE USERS ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18136545 | MONITORING USERS WITH A MOBILE DEVICE WHILE THE USERS ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | 3792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
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