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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hexacheck Inc. has 2 pending office actions focused in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that each pending matter is being reviewed in a unique administrative environment within the patent office, requiring a customized approach for each filing.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. Because there are 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending actions, the prosecution strategy must account for the specific tendencies and requirements of each individual. The presence of 2 distinct art units further suggests that the underlying technologies may span different specialized classifications despite falling under the same broad technology area. With 2 pending office actions in total, the company's current patent activity is concentrated but diverse in its examination paths. Practitioners should monitor the 2 distinct examiners closely to identify any divergent trends in how the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area is being handled for this specific portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG | 1 | 57.8% | +14.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19160797 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19160797 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19160797 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG | 3798 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2025 |
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