Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Gammaflux Controls Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Computing & Software technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, indicating a concentrated prosecution focus for the portfolio at this stage. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current legal challenges are confined to a specific technical niche within the broader software landscape.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is CHOI, MICHAEL W, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because this individual accounts for the entirety of the company's 1 pending office action, the outcome of this specific interaction will dictate the immediate progress of the portfolio. Practitioners should note that the lack of examiner diversity means there is no internal baseline for comparing examiner behavior within this specific company's history.
The concentration of the workload under CHOI, MICHAEL W allows for a direct and singular point of contact for the company's current intellectual property hurdles. This arrangement simplifies the administrative tracking of the portfolio's status. With the 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner involved, the prosecution strategy appears streamlined for the 1 busiest examiner pending action.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOI, MICHAEL W | 1 | 77.3% | +30.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18592930 | HOT RUNNER CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING A HOT RUNNER CONTROL DEVICE | CHOI, MICHAEL W | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18592930 | HOT RUNNER CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING A HOT RUNNER CONTROL DEVICE | CHOI, MICHAEL W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2116 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18592930 | HOT RUNNER CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING A HOT RUNNER CONTROL DEVICE | CHOI, MICHAEL W | 2116 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialGammaflux Controls Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael W Choi has the most, with 1 of Gammaflux Controls Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.