Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hulico LLC is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently has 1 pending office action under review. This active matter represents the entirety of the current prosecution pipeline for the portfolio.
The data shows that prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the company's current filings are focused within a specific mechanical or medical niche. Practitioners can focus their efforts on a single set of procedural guidelines and examiner expectations.
NEIBAUR, ROBERT F is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because the portfolio has 1 pending office action in total, this examiner is the primary point of contact for all current prosecution activities. Understanding this examiner's specific history is crucial for a successful outcome.
The involvement of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit provides a stable environment for patent prosecution. The practitioner can develop a targeted strategy for the 1 pending office action without the need to coordinate across different USPTO departments. This simplicity allows for a more efficient use of resources during the examination process.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEIBAUR, ROBERT F | 1 | 76.8% | +31.6% |
| DIGGS, TANISHA | 1 | 55.1% | +53.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17867472 | RELITHIATION IN OXIDIZING CONDITIONS | DIGGS, TANISHA | 25d overdue |
| 18145202 | OPENING AN END-OF-LIFE BATTERY | NEIBAUR, ROBERT 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17867472 | RELITHIATION IN OXIDIZING CONDITIONS | DIGGS, TANISHA | 25d overdue |
| 18145202 | OPENING AN END-OF-LIFE BATTERY | NEIBAUR, ROBERT F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18145202 | OPENING AN END-OF-LIFE BATTERY | NEIBAUR, ROBERT F | 3723 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
| 17867472 | RELITHIATION IN OXIDIZING CONDITIONS | DIGGS, TANISHA | 1761 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 25d overdue | Pending | Jul 18, 2022 |
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