Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hydrow Inc. has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, including JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The involvement of 2 distinct examiners provides a split perspective on the company's current filings.
Both pending matters are located within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the 2 pending office actions are subject to the same departmental standards and supervisory review. Practitioners should monitor the 2 distinct examiners for consistent application of rules within this single art unit to optimize the prosecution of these mechanical engineering patents.
The presence of 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct examiners means that the workload is evenly distributed. Because both cases fall under 1 distinct art unit, the legal team can apply a unified technical strategy. Successfully resolving the 2 pending office actions will depend on addressing the specific concerns of JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA and the other distinct examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA | 1 | 50.6% | +48.9% |
| MOORE, ZACHARY T | 1 | 72.3% | +35.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18963146 | INSTRUMENTED HANDLES AND APPLICATIONS FOR ROWING MACHINES | JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA | — |
| 18616438 | MODULAR TRANSPORTABLE EXERCISE APPARATUS AND METHODS | MOORE, ZACHARY T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18963146 | INSTRUMENTED HANDLES AND APPLICATIONS FOR ROWING MACHINES | JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA | — |
| 18616438 | MODULAR TRANSPORTABLE EXERCISE APPARATUS AND METHODS | MOORE, ZACHARY T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3784 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18963146 | INSTRUMENTED HANDLES AND APPLICATIONS FOR ROWING MACHINES | JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA | 3784 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18616438 | MODULAR TRANSPORTABLE EXERCISE APPARATUS AND METHODS | MOORE, ZACHARY T | 3784 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
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