Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Econoco Corporation currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner in a single distinct art unit. The prosecution is currently limited to a solitary point of contact at the patent office, indicating a very focused technical review for the organization's current filings.
Thomas, Kareen Kay is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, overseeing 1 pending office action. This represents the entirety of the company's active workload at the patent office. With only a single distinct examiner and a distinct art unit involved, the organization's prosecution progress is closely tied to the specific review style and workload of this official. This centralized arrangement simplifies communication 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, KAREEN KAY | 1 | 77.1% | +17.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18955556 | VISUAL AND AROMATIC DISPLAY DEVICE | THOMAS, KAREEN KAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18955556 | VISUAL AND AROMATIC DISPLAY DEVICE | THOMAS, KAREEN KAY | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEconoco Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kareen Kay Thomas has the most, with 1 of Econoco Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.