Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Focused Energy Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions within its patent portfolio. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, which means each examiner is responsible for a pending matter. The portfolio is categorized under the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area.
Despite having multiple examiners involved, the pending actions are all contained within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the company's current patent applications share a closely related technical focus that falls under the jurisdiction of a specialized group at the patent office. This allows for a unified approach to prosecution within that specific art unit.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is VANORE, DAVID A, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. With the pending office actions split between the distinct examiners, the workload is divided equally among the assigned individuals.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VANORE, DAVID A | 1 | 88.9% | +7.5% |
| DAVIS, SHARON M | 1 | 68.0% | +26.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18678732 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AN OPTICAL ENERGY TRANSFER IN LASER PARTICLE ACCELERATION | VANORE, DAVID A | — |
| 18518147 | IRRADIATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF GENERATING A LASER BEAM FOR A LASER-BASED FUSION REACTION | DAVIS, SHARON M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18518147 | IRRADIATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF GENERATING A LASER BEAM FOR A LASER-BASED FUSION REACTION | DAVIS, SHARON M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3646 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18678732 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AN OPTICAL ENERGY TRANSFER IN LASER PARTICLE ACCELERATION | VANORE, DAVID A | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18518147 | IRRADIATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF GENERATING A LASER BEAM FOR A LASER-BASED FUSION REACTION | DAVIS, SHARON M | 3646 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
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