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
Alka Global Ltd currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, JOSHUA G KOTIS. Because there is only 1 pending office action, JOSHUA G KOTIS is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, which is the same as the total workload of the company at the USPTO.
The prosecution is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, which aligns with the nature of the 1 pending office action. This focused profile suggests that the company's immediate patent strategy is specific to the technical requirements of this 1 art unit. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the standards and precedents relevant to this 1 examiner and 1 distinct art unit.
With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the company's current experience is limited to 1 point of contact. This allows for a targeted response strategy, as there are no other concurrent actions to coordinate. The fact that JOSHUA G KOTIS handles the 1 pending office action means that the outcome of this specific application will define the company's current success in this technology area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 1 | 74.2% | +57.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19220034 | Pouch for a Food Product | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19220034 | Pouch for a Food Product | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19220034 | Pouch for a Food Product | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
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