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
I-Mop GmbH currently has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. Both matters are located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated technical focus for the portfolio. Michael Deangilo Jennings is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action.
This shows that the 2 pending office actions are divided between the 2 distinct examiners. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit may allow for a more cohesive prosecution strategy across the pending matters. Practitioners should focus on the specific standards of the art unit while addressing the individual feedback from the 2 distinct examiners. The company's current prosecution activity in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering is defined by these interactions within a single technical grouping.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO | 1 | 78.1% | +14.2% |
| HENSON, KATINA N | 1 | 56.6% | +31.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18290871 | FLOOR-CLEANING MACHINE | HENSON, KATINA N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18832372 | FLOOR-TREATMENT APPARATUS COMPRISING A GUIDE PART WITH A JOINT ARRANGEMENT | JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO | — |
| 18290871 | FLOOR-CLEANING MACHINE | HENSON, KATINA N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18832372 | FLOOR-TREATMENT APPARATUS COMPRISING A GUIDE PART WITH A JOINT ARRANGEMENT | JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18290871 | FLOOR-CLEANING MACHINE | HENSON, KATINA N | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
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