Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ember Technologies Inc. currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. Samba NMN Gaye is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, handling 2 pending office actions. This concentration of 2 actions with a single examiner suggests a specific area of focus within the broader portfolio.
The presence of 4 pending actions across only 2 art units indicates that the company's current prosecution efforts are technically concentrated. With 3 distinct examiners involved, the company is interacting with a small group of officials. The fact that Samba NMN Gaye manages 2 of the pending actions may imply that this examiner is reviewing closely related subject matter for the company. This focused examiner interaction could lead to more consistent prosecution outcomes across the portfolio's active matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 2 | 63.5% | +34.9% |
| DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | 1 | 65.0% | +31.5% |
| ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A | 1 | 23.9% | +38.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18908074 | CHILLED BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 18d overdue |
| 18309674 | CHILLED BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 18d overdue |
| 18709771 | PORTABLE CONTAINER WITH COOLING OR HEATING UNIT | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | — |
| 18620814 | DRINKWARE CONTAINER WITH ACTIVE TEMPERATURE CONTROL | ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18908074 | CHILLED BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 18d overdue |
| 18309674 | CHILLED BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 18d overdue |
| 18709771 | PORTABLE CONTAINER WITH COOLING OR HEATING UNIT | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | — |
| 18620814 | DRINKWARE CONTAINER WITH ACTIVE TEMPERATURE CONTROL | ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 3 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18908074 | CHILLED BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18709771 | PORTABLE CONTAINER WITH COOLING OR HEATING UNIT | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18620814 | DRINKWARE CONTAINER WITH ACTIVE TEMPERATURE CONTROL | ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A | 3700 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18309674 | CHILLED BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Apr 28, 2023 |
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