Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Exowatt Inc. is managing 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is currently reviewing one application. The prosecution is spread across 2 distinct art units, indicating some technical variety within the company's mechanical engineering focus.
The busiest examiner is TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL, who is responsible for 1 of the 3 pending office actions. Since each of the 3 distinct examiners handles exactly 1 action, the company must navigate three different examination styles. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the legal strategy may need to be adapted for different examining groups within the patent office. Practitioners should be prepared for a diverse range of feedback, as the 3 distinct examiners may have different interpretations of the technology across the 2 art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL | 1 | 68.4% | +9.6% |
| LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | 1 | 76.9% | +15.7% |
| BUCK, LINDSEY A | 1 | 49.4% | +34.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19055495 | MODULAR- SEQUENTIAL- HIGH-TEMPERATURE HEAT COLLECTION AND STORAGE DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED POWER CONVERSION UNIT | LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | 126d overdue |
| 18899969 | Single Axis Solar Collector Array | BUCK, LINDSEY A | 23d overdue |
| 19055493 | COATINGS TO RESIST HIGH-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION IN A THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM | TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19055495 | MODULAR- SEQUENTIAL- HIGH-TEMPERATURE HEAT COLLECTION AND STORAGE DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED POWER CONVERSION UNIT | LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | 126d overdue |
| 18899969 | Single Axis Solar Collector Array | BUCK, LINDSEY A | 23d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 1 |
| 1728 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19055493 | COATINGS TO RESIST HIGH-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION IN A THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM | TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19055495 | MODULAR- SEQUENTIAL- HIGH-TEMPERATURE HEAT COLLECTION AND STORAGE DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED POWER CONVERSION UNIT | LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | 3746 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 126d overdue | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 18899969 | Single Axis Solar Collector Array | BUCK, LINDSEY A | 1728 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
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