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
Hui-Ling Chang is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This workload is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a highly focused prosecution phase. The concentration of the portfolio suggests that the applicant is navigating a singular path through the patent office rather than managing a diverse array of simultaneous challenges across different technical groups. This streamlined approach can lead to more predictable timelines for the 1 pending office action.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the current pending activity for Hui-Ling Chang. Practitioners should note that the prosecution strategy is presently tied to the findings and timelines of this individual examiner within the identified art unit. The alignment of 1 distinct examiner with 1 distinct art unit simplifies the administrative tracking of these proceedings. By focusing on the specific requirements of MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC, the applicant can better anticipate potential hurdles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 1 | 53.7% | +75.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17923218 | TEXTILE-TYPE DRY ELECTRODE PLATE | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 30d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17923218 | TEXTILE-TYPE DRY ELECTRODE PLATE | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 30d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17923218 | TEXTILE-TYPE DRY ELECTRODE PLATE | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 3794 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Nov 03, 2022 |
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