Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 1 | 78.2% | +9.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18087134 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING BIOIMPEDANCE TO DETERMINE MUSCLE ACTIVITY AND RELATED PROCESSES | MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 77d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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