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
Associated Hygienic Products LLC is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio currently has 2 pending office actions. Both of these active matters are being handled within 1 distinct art unit at the patent office.
The prosecution is highly centralized, with 1 distinct examiner managing all active cases. STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F is the busiest examiner and is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This means the entire active portfolio is under the review of a single individual, allowing for a very consistent prosecution strategy.
For a practitioner, this concentration is significant. Having 2 pending office actions with 1 distinct examiner means that arguments and evidence can be carefully coordinated across both cases. The examiner's prior rulings and preferences will be the primary factor in determining the outcome for the entire active pipeline.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit further simplifies the administrative landscape. With 2 pending office actions and only 1 distinct examiner, the practitioner has a single point of contact for the entire active portfolio. This reduces the complexity often associated with managing multiple pending matters across different USPTO departments and ensures a unified approach.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 2 | 75.6% | +14.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18002912 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES WITH CHANNELED ABSORBENT CORES | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 78d overdue |
| 18045587 | TARGET APERTURED TOPSHEET | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 20d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18002912 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES WITH CHANNELED ABSORBENT CORES | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 78d overdue | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
| 18045587 | TARGET APERTURED TOPSHEET | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Oct 11, 2022 |
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