Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
California Innovations Inc. currently manages 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, indicating that most applications are being reviewed by different individuals. This level of examiner variety suggests that the company's prosecution strategy must account for multiple individual perspectives.
The 5 pending office actions are located across 3 distinct art units, showing some technical concentration within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. BALDRIGHI, ERIC C is the busiest examiner, responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending actions. While this examiner handles more than one matter, the remaining 3 pending actions are spread across the other 3 distinct examiners. This distribution across 3 art units means that the company's success depends on navigating several different organizational groups within the patent office.
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%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALDRIGHI, ERIC C | 2 | 42.2% | +41.7% |
| BRADEN, SHAWN M | 1 | 66.7% | +32.4% |
| TEITELBAUM, DAVID J | 1 | 68.7% | +24.0% |
| KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 1 | 50.6% | +34.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18640648 | INSULATED CONTAINER ASSEMBLY WITH THERMAL STORAGE ACCOMMODATION | TEITELBAUM, DAVID J | — |
| 18399540 | FOLDING CONTAINER WITH COVER | BALDRIGHI, ERIC C | — |
| 18482167 | WRAP FOR HARD-SIDED INSULATED CONTAINER AND METHOD | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19011144 | SOFT-SIDED INSULATED CONTAINER WITH HARD-SIDED LINER | BRADEN, SHAWN M | — |
| 19001258 | SOFT-SIDED INSULATED CONTAINER WITH RIM | BALDRIGHI, ERIC C | — |
| 18640648 | INSULATED CONTAINER ASSEMBLY WITH THERMAL STORAGE ACCOMMODATION | TEITELBAUM, DAVID J | — |
| 18399540 | FOLDING CONTAINER WITH COVER | BALDRIGHI, ERIC C | — |
| 18482167 | WRAP FOR HARD-SIDED INSULATED CONTAINER AND METHOD | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 2 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19011144 | SOFT-SIDED INSULATED CONTAINER WITH HARD-SIDED LINER | BRADEN, SHAWN M | 3736 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19001258 | SOFT-SIDED INSULATED CONTAINER WITH RIM | BALDRIGHI, ERIC C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18640648 | INSULATED CONTAINER ASSEMBLY WITH THERMAL STORAGE ACCOMMODATION | TEITELBAUM, DAVID J | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18399540 | FOLDING CONTAINER WITH COVER | BALDRIGHI, ERIC C | 3733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18482167 | WRAP FOR HARD-SIDED INSULATED CONTAINER AND METHOD | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 3733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
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