Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Curt G. Joa Inc. is currently managing 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 pending office actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and a matching number of art units. LEE, LAURA MICHELLE is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending action.
The distribution of those matters across 3 distinct art units indicates a diverse range of technical subject matter within the portfolio. Because each of the examiners is handling only one matter, the applicant must manage three separate examination processes. This lack of overlap between the examiners and units requires a tailored approach for each of the 3 pending office actions.
Practitioners should note that the decentralized nature of those examiners minimizes the risk of a single examiner's bias. However, the involvement of those units means that the applicant will face a variety of prior art and legal standards. This structure requires a flexible prosecution strategy to address the unique requirements of each matter. LEE, LAURA MICHELLE manages 1 pending action, providing one of the three perspectives.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | 1 | 54.9% | +30.9% |
| MUSSER, BARBARA J | 1 | 71.2% | +26.3% |
| TOICH, SARA KATHERINE | 1 | 50.0% | +47.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18437108 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELASTIC COMPOSITE STRUCTURE FOR AN ABSORBENT SANITARY PRODUCT | MUSSER, BARBARA J | 71d overdue |
| 18684151 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE INSERT CUTTING AND TRANSFER APPARATUS WITH SERVO MOTOR SUB-SYSTEM | LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18437108 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELASTIC COMPOSITE STRUCTURE FOR AN ABSORBENT SANITARY PRODUCT | MUSSER, BARBARA J | 71d overdue |
| 18684151 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE INSERT CUTTING AND TRANSFER APPARATUS WITH SERVO MOTOR SUB-SYSTEM | LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | — |
| 17906468 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FACE MASKS WITH ELASTICIZED STRAPS AND PRODUCT | TOICH, SARA KATHERINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18684151 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE INSERT CUTTING AND TRANSFER APPARATUS WITH SERVO MOTOR SUB-SYSTEM | LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18437108 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELASTIC COMPOSITE STRUCTURE FOR AN ABSORBENT SANITARY PRODUCT | MUSSER, BARBARA J | 1746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 71d overdue | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 17906468 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FACE MASKS WITH ELASTICIZED STRAPS AND PRODUCT | TOICH, SARA KATHERINE | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2022 |
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