Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cathworks Ltd. has 2 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. The pending actions are situated within 1 distinct art unit, showing a concentrated technical focus at the patent office. Despite being in a single art unit, the pending office actions are split between 2 distinct examiners. This arrangement requires the company to address the specific requirements of different individuals within the Communications field.
RUDOLPH, VINCENT M is the busiest examiner, with a single pending office action assigned. This means that each of the 2 distinct examiners is handling a portion of the pending office actions. Prosecution strategy for this portfolio involves navigating the specific preferences of different examiners within the same 1 distinct art unit. Managing 2 pending office actions in this manner allows for a consistent art unit environment while dealing with varied examiner feedback.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUDOLPH, VINCENT M | 1 | 47.0% | +40.6% |
| CHAN, CAROL WANG | 1 | 84.0% | +34.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18941745 | SYSTEM FOR VASCULAR ASSESSMENT | CHAN, CAROL WANG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19258684 | CREATING A VASCULAR TREE MODEL | RUDOLPH, VINCENT M | — |
| 18941745 | SYSTEM FOR VASCULAR ASSESSMENT | CHAN, CAROL WANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2673 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19258684 | CREATING A VASCULAR TREE MODEL | RUDOLPH, VINCENT M | 2673 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 18941745 | SYSTEM FOR VASCULAR ASSESSMENT | CHAN, CAROL WANG | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
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