Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Deepsight Technology Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Each of these 3 pending office actions is located in a different art unit, totaling 3 distinct art units for the portfolio. Prosecution is handled by 3 distinct examiners, with FARAG, AMAL ALY being the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action.
This distribution shows that the 3 pending office actions are spread across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, indicating a lack of concentration in the prosecution process. Practitioners must tailor their strategies to the specific requirements of each of the 3 distinct examiners. The variety of 3 distinct art units suggests that the applications cover different technical aspects of Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. Success in one case may not translate to others due to the involvement of different examiners and art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARAG, AMAL ALY | 1 | 68.7% | +36.8% |
| PLUMB, NIGEL H | 1 | 90.8% | +1.0% |
| BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS | 1 | 80.6% | +23.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18760523 | FIBER-OPTICAL SENSOR SYSTEM FOR ULTRASOUND SENSING AND IMAGING | PLUMB, NIGEL H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18923071 | COMPACT MIXED ARRAY IMAGING PROBE | FARAG, AMAL ALY | — |
| 18685985 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SIGNAL DETECTION WITH OPTICAL SENSORS | BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18923071 | COMPACT MIXED ARRAY IMAGING PROBE | FARAG, AMAL ALY | — |
| 18685985 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SIGNAL DETECTION WITH OPTICAL SENSORS | BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3798 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18923071 | COMPACT MIXED ARRAY IMAGING PROBE | FARAG, AMAL ALY | 3798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18760523 | FIBER-OPTICAL SENSOR SYSTEM FOR ULTRASOUND SENSING AND IMAGING | PLUMB, NIGEL H | 2855 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18685985 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SIGNAL DETECTION WITH OPTICAL SENSORS | BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS | 3619 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
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