Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Electrosea LLC currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These applications are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This spread indicates that the company's filings are diverse enough to trigger reviews from different technical departments.
PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. Given that there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is shared among 2 distinct examiners. This means each examiner is responsible for 1 case, providing a varied perspective on the technology during the prosecution process.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's intellectual property spans multiple classifications within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. With 2 pending office actions, the company maintains a steady but small volume of active prosecution. This data points to a portfolio that is beginning to diversify its technical footprint across 2 distinct examiners.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | 1 | 74.4% | +14.9% |
| RUFO, LOUIS J | 1 | 54.4% | +22.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18353286 | ELECTROLYTIC BIOCIDE GENERATING SYSTEM FOR USE ON-BOARD A WATERCRAFT | RUFO, LOUIS J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18596420 | PUMP WITH RUN-DRY PREVENTION FOR USE ON BOARD A WATERCRAFT | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | — |
| 18353286 | ELECTROLYTIC BIOCIDE GENERATING SYSTEM FOR USE ON-BOARD A WATERCRAFT | RUFO, LOUIS J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18596420 | PUMP WITH RUN-DRY PREVENTION FOR USE ON BOARD A WATERCRAFT | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | 3746 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18353286 | ELECTROLYTIC BIOCIDE GENERATING SYSTEM FOR USE ON-BOARD A WATERCRAFT | RUFO, LOUIS J | 1795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
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