Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Clean Imager Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Networking & Security technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner in a single distinct art unit. The prosecution is currently concentrated in a solitary administrative division, suggesting a highly focused approach for the company's current patent filings.
Vaughn Jr, William C is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, overseeing 1 pending office action. This individual is responsible for the only active matter among the pending actions currently on record. With just a single distinct examiner and a distinct art unit involved, the company's prosecution progress is closely tied to the specific review style and workload of this official. This centralized arrangement simplifies the coordination of legal efforts but also means that the entire active portfolio is subject to the examination trends of a single administrative unit.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAUGHN JR, WILLIAM C | 1 | 35.1% | +54.5% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18955098 | Portable Radio Frequency Medical Imaging Devices, Systems, and Methods | VAUGHN JR, WILLIAM C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2481 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18955098 | Portable Radio Frequency Medical Imaging Devices, Systems, and Methods | VAUGHN JR, WILLIAM C | 2481 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialClean Imager Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
William C Vaughn Jr. has the most, with 1 of Clean Imager Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.