Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Cobra Beheer B V has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners, which means no single examiner is overseeing both matters. This distribution across 2 distinct examiners is mirrored by the presence of 2 distinct art units. This indicates that the company's 2 pending office actions are technically diverse, falling into different specialized groups within the mechanical engineering field.
ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action. This represents one of the 2 pending office actions currently active. Because the 2 pending office actions are split between 2 distinct art units, practitioners must adapt their strategies to the specific rules and prior art of each unit. The 2 distinct examiners will likely apply different standards based on their respective art units, requiring a tailored approach for each of the 2 pending office actions.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWAD, AMR A | 1 | 36.4% | +20.4% |
| ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18693994 | Tiltable Mast | AWAD, AMR A | — |
| 18693999 | Ballasted liftable support frame for Amusement Ride | ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18693994 | Tiltable Mast | AWAD, AMR A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2621 | 1 |
| 3711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18693994 | Tiltable Mast | AWAD, AMR A | 2621 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18693999 | Ballasted liftable support frame for Amusement Ride | ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
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