Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Charles Zaloom Iv

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Charles Zaloom Iv is engaged in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The applicant currently has 1 pending office action. This active matter is the only current engagement with the patent office for this portfolio.

The data shows that the prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the innovations are focused within a specific mechanical or medical niche. For a practitioner, this means there is no need to navigate different art unit cultures or conflicting examiner styles across the portfolio.

MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there is 1 pending office action in total, this examiner is the primary point of contact for the current active matter. Understanding this examiner's specific history and preferences is essential for a successful outcome.

The involvement of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit provides a stable environment for patent prosecution. The practitioner can develop a targeted strategy for the 1 pending office action without the complexity of managing multiple simultaneous deadlines. This centralized focus is a key aspect of the current prosecution landscape for Charles Zaloom Iv.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE 1 78.2% +9.6%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18087134 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING BIOIMPEDANCE TO DETERMINE MUSCLE ACTIVITY AND RELATED PROCESSES MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE 77d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3792 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18087134 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING BIOIMPEDANCE TO DETERMINE MUSCLE ACTIVITY AND RELATED PROCESSES MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE 3792 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 77d Pending Dec 22, 2022

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