Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gen Digital Inc. currently has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, ensuring that each case is evaluated independently by a different official with their own perspective on the claims. The portfolio involves 3 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's medical and mechanical innovations are technically diverse and span multiple specialized classifications within the patent office.
Bruk A Gebremichael is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action currently assigned to him. With 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners, the company must manage multiple prosecution tracks simultaneously, each with its own set of examiner preferences and technical requirements. The involvement of 3 art units indicates that the subject matter spans different technical classifications, requiring a flexible approach to patent office interactions that can adapt to the varying standards of each unit.
The distribution of 3 pending actions among 3 distinct examiners reduces the risk of the entire portfolio being affected by a single official's decision. However, the presence of 3 distinct art units means that practitioners must be prepared for different technical prior art to be cited against the company's Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering innovations. Successfully navigating this portfolio requires a coordinated effort to address the specific feedback from Bruk A Gebremichael and the other examiners while maintaining a cohesive overall strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (67%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A | 1 | 22.1% | +23.4% |
| DEWAN, KAMAL K | 1 | 48.7% | +38.1% |
| CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS | 1 | 50.8% | +31.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17660750 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING WEBSITES THAT PERPETRATE AT LEAST ONE OF SCAMS OR FRAUDS | CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS | 28d |
| 19064375 | GenAI Driven Personalized Education Platform | GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17660750 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING WEBSITES THAT PERPETRATE AT LEAST ONE OF SCAMS OR FRAUDS | CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS | 28d |
| 19064375 | GenAI Driven Personalized Education Platform | GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A | — |
| 18406838 | AUTOMATED FACT-CHECKING INTEGRATED IN A WEB BROWSER | DEWAN, KAMAL K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| 2163 | 1 |
| 3691 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19064375 | GenAI Driven Personalized Education Platform | GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A | 3715 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 18406838 | AUTOMATED FACT-CHECKING INTEGRATED IN A WEB BROWSER | DEWAN, KAMAL K | 2163 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 17660750 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING WEBSITES THAT PERPETRATE AT LEAST ONE OF SCAMS OR FRAUDS | CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS | 3691 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Apr 26, 2022 |
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