Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Blue Frontier Inc. currently maintains 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are handled by 4 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that while the technical focus is concentrated in a few areas, the individual reviews are being conducted by several different examiners.
MYERS, KEITH STANLEY is the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 2 pending office actions. This means that MYERS, KEITH STANLEY is responsible for a significant portion of the 5 pending office actions currently active. The remaining actions are distributed among the other 4 distinct examiners, ensuring that most cases are receiving independent review.
The concentration of the portfolio within 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations are closely related in terms of technical classification. Practitioners should be aware that MYERS, KEITH STANLEY handles 2 pending office actions, which may lead to more consistent feedback for those specific cases. However, the involvement of 4 distinct examiners in total requires careful management to ensure that arguments remain consistent across the entire Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering portfolio.
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 | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 2 | 52.8% | +18.3% |
| MARTIN, ELIZABETH J | 1 | 78.8% | +20.8% |
| PREGLER, SHARON | 1 | 78.0% | +21.1% |
| JARRETT, RYAN A | 1 | 80.8% | +7.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18394530 | LIQUID-DESICCANT STACK WITH INTEGRATED FLUID DISTRIBUTION | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 70d |
| 18624637 | LIQUID DESICCANT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH DIRECTED FLUID FLOW | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 86d |
| 18891157 | HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER ASSEMBLIES | PREGLER, SHARON | — |
| 18613251 | CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR HEATING VENTILATION AND COOLING SYSTEMS | JARRETT, RYAN A | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18394530 | LIQUID-DESICCANT STACK WITH INTEGRATED FLUID DISTRIBUTION | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 70d |
| 18624637 | LIQUID DESICCANT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH DIRECTED FLUID FLOW | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 86d |
| 18927503 | CHILLER SYSTEMS AND METHODS | MARTIN, ELIZABETH J | — |
| 18891157 | HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER ASSEMBLIES | PREGLER, SHARON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 3 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18927503 | CHILLER SYSTEMS AND METHODS | MARTIN, ELIZABETH J | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18891157 | HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER ASSEMBLIES | PREGLER, SHARON | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18624637 | LIQUID DESICCANT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH DIRECTED FLUID FLOW | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 3763 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 86d | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18613251 | CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR HEATING VENTILATION AND COOLING SYSTEMS | JARRETT, RYAN A | 2116 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18394530 | LIQUID-DESICCANT STACK WITH INTEGRATED FLUID DISTRIBUTION | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
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