Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Greatest Moments GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is situated within a distinct art unit, indicating a focused technical scope for the company's current patent activity. The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner, which simplifies the communication and negotiation process for the applicant. This focused approach is typical for portfolios with limited active filings, where the goal is to resolve the outstanding matter efficiently through a single point of contact.
The busiest examiner, NOBREGA, TATIANA L, is currently handling the pending office action. As this is the only pending action for Greatest Moments GmbH, the examiner's specific feedback and interpretation of the mechanical engineering claims will be the primary focus of the prosecution. This concentration of work under 1 distinct examiner allows for a very specific and targeted legal strategy. Practitioners should prioritize a clear and direct dialogue with NOBREGA, TATIANA L to address any technical rejections or prior art concerns raised in the 1 distinct art unit.
Because the portfolio contains only a single pending office action, the administrative complexity is low. Practitioners can focus on the specific requirements of the assigned art unit without needing to balance multiple examiner styles. The goal is to address the concerns of the examiner to move this single application toward allowance. This concentrated effort is beneficial for ensuring a thorough response to the patent office's requirements and securing the company's intellectual property in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 1 | 33.3% | +58.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18281477 | Ponytail Holder | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 34d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18281477 | Ponytail Holder | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 34d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18281477 | Ponytail Holder | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
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