Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cambia Health Solutions Inc. is managing a patent portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area with 2 pending office actions currently active. This level of activity indicates an ongoing effort to expand their intellectual property holdings in these sectors. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the applications cover different technical sub-sectors within the broader transportation and e-commerce fields.
The prosecution of these assets involves 2 distinct examiners, which introduces multiple perspectives into the review process. This distribution means that the company must manage different examination styles and requirements simultaneously. Having 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions ensures that the workload is not concentrated under a single individual. This structure requires a coordinated approach to address the specific technical standards of each 1 distinct art unit involved.
ROBINSON, KYLE G is designated as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This shows that the pending work is shared among the examiners, with each handling one of the 2 pending office actions. Practitioners should be prepared to address the specific concerns of ROBINSON, KYLE G and the other assigned examiner to move the entire portfolio forward. Monitoring the 1 busiest examiner pending office action is a key part of this strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, KYLE G | 1 | 11.7% | +16.6% |
| VANDER WOUDE, KIMBERLY ELAINE | 1 | 8.6% | +12.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17445571 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTHCARE INSIGHTS WITH KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS | VANDER WOUDE, KIMBERLY ELAINE | 27d |
| 17813798 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERIOUS ILLNESS IDENTIFICATION AND STRATIFICATION | ROBINSON, KYLE 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17445571 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTHCARE INSIGHTS WITH KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS | VANDER WOUDE, KIMBERLY ELAINE | 27d |
| 17813798 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERIOUS ILLNESS IDENTIFICATION AND STRATIFICATION | ROBINSON, KYLE G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3685 | 1 |
| 3681 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17813798 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERIOUS ILLNESS IDENTIFICATION AND STRATIFICATION | ROBINSON, KYLE G | 3685 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2022 |
| 17445571 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTHCARE INSIGHTS WITH KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS | VANDER WOUDE, KIMBERLY ELAINE | 3681 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Aug 20, 2021 |
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