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
Hair Group LLC has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This case is handled by examiner HOUGH, JESSANDRA F. The presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit means the company's current prosecution is limited to a single official and a single technical department. This concentration simplifies the prosecution process, as there is only one set of examiner preferences and one art unit's guidelines to consider for the 1 pending action.
HOUGH, JESSANDRA F is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, representing the entire active portfolio. Because there is only 1 pending action, the company's immediate patent goals are entirely dependent on the outcome of this one case. The 1 distinct art unit involved ensures that the examination is conducted by an official with expertise in medical devices, which can lead to a more technically rigorous review. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 pending action, practitioners can dedicate all their efforts to addressing the specific concerns raised by HOUGH, JESSANDRA F. The 1 distinct art unit provides the procedural framework for the prosecution, and understanding its specific tendencies will be crucial for a successful outcome.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 1 | 45.8% | +35.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18931032 | LIGHT BASED THERAPY DEVICES AND METHODS | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18931032 | LIGHT BASED THERAPY DEVICES AND METHODS | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18931032 | LIGHT BASED THERAPY DEVICES AND METHODS | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 3796 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHair Group LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jessandra F Hough has the most, with 1 of Hair Group LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
