Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Appliance Innovation, Inc. currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a very specific technical focus for the company's current patent applications. The prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners, meaning that the workload is shared between a small group of individuals within that single unit. This structure allows for a more centralized legal strategy compared to portfolios spread across multiple units.
DANG, KET D is designated as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently holding 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. These 2 busiest examiner pending actions represent a significant part of the 3 pending office actions total for the company. The fact that 2 distinct examiners are involved within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company must manage only a few examiner perspectives. This distribution of 3 pending office actions under the primary oversight of DANG, KET D allows for a focused approach to the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANG, KET D | 2 | 61.5% | +37.9% |
| ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | 1 | 71.4% | +29.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18099485 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BREWING, MIXING, AND DELIVERING A BEVERAGE | DANG, KET D | 10d overdue |
| 18425089 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PREPARATION AND DELIVERY OF BEVERAGES | ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | — |
| 18416469 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BREWING, MIXING, AND DELIVERING A BEVERAGE | DANG, KET D | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18099485 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BREWING, MIXING, AND DELIVERING A BEVERAGE | DANG, KET D | 10d overdue |
| 18425089 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PREPARATION AND DELIVERY OF BEVERAGES | ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | — |
| 18416469 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BREWING, MIXING, AND DELIVERING A BEVERAGE | DANG, KET D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18425089 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PREPARATION AND DELIVERY OF BEVERAGES | ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18416469 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BREWING, MIXING, AND DELIVERING A BEVERAGE | DANG, KET D | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18099485 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BREWING, MIXING, AND DELIVERING A BEVERAGE | DANG, KET D | 3761 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
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