Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days
Deckers Outdoor Corporation currently has 4 pending office actions focused in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. While these 4 actions are handled by 4 distinct examiners, they are all concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the individual examiners vary, the technical classification of the inventions remains consistent across the portfolio. Such a concentration allows for a unified understanding of the art unit's specific examination standards.
The busiest examiner for this company is HOEY, ALISSA L, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Given that there are 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, each examiner is managing exactly 1 pending matter. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit means that although the practitioner interacts with 4 different people, the procedural norms of that specific art unit will apply to all 4 pending office actions. This structure provides a level of predictability regarding the examination environment despite the involvement of 4 distinct examiners. Practitioners can leverage their experience with the 1 distinct art unit to navigate the 4 pending office actions more efficiently.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOEY, ALISSA L | 1 | 44.5% | +32.0% |
| FERREIRA, CATHERINE M | 1 | 39.4% | +33.3% |
| REDHEAD, AKWOKWO OLABISI | 1 | 41.2% | +35.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18964173 | CLOTHING HAVING INSULATING MEMBERS | HOEY, ALISSA L | — |
| 18298284 | FOOTWEAR SOLE INCLUDING REMOVABLE COMPONENTS | REDHEAD, AKWOKWO OLABISI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18945065 | FOOTWEAR WITH AN ADJUSTING VAMP | FERREIRA, CATHERINE M | 13d |
| 18964173 | CLOTHING HAVING INSULATING MEMBERS | HOEY, ALISSA L | — |
| 18298284 | FOOTWEAR SOLE INCLUDING REMOVABLE COMPONENTS | REDHEAD, AKWOKWO OLABISI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18964173 | CLOTHING HAVING INSULATING MEMBERS | HOEY, ALISSA L | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 |
| 18945065 | FOOTWEAR WITH AN ADJUSTING VAMP | FERREIRA, CATHERINE M | 3732 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18298284 | FOOTWEAR SOLE INCLUDING REMOVABLE COMPONENTS | REDHEAD, AKWOKWO OLABISI | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
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