Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 8 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Indian Institute of Science is currently handling 10 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These cases are spread across 10 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units. This high level of distribution reflects a broad research agenda, with each pending action being reviewed by a different official.
Examiner HOBBS, MICHAEL L is the busiest examiner, though they are only responsible for 1 pending action. The involvement of 8 distinct art units highlights the diverse mechanical and medical applications being pursued by the institute. This decentralized prosecution environment means that the institute must manage a wide variety of examination styles and technical requirements across its active portfolio. With 10 distinct examiners involved in 10 pending office actions, the prosecution strategy must be highly individualized for each case. Practitioners should be prepared for a range of perspectives given the broad distribution across 8 distinct art units. This diversity ensures that the institute's patent outcomes are not tied to the discretion of a single official.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (30%) |
| §103 only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOBBS, MICHAEL L | 1 | 68.9% | +28.1% |
| AKRAM, IMRAN | 1 | 64.7% | +43.0% |
| TEHRANI, DANIEL | 1 | 59.7% | +42.9% |
| CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 1 | 63.8% | +32.4% |
| LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M | 1 | 83.9% | +19.8% |
| HANEY, NOAH JAMES | 1 | 79.0% | +31.7% |
| MAC, GARY | 1 | 40.9% | +38.3% |
| AGAHI, PUYA | 1 | 49.2% | +24.4% |
| WERNER, MARSHALL L | 1 | 66.1% | +40.7% |
| TO, HOLLY T | 1 | 47.9% | +32.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18264071 | A SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING HYDROGEN FROM A FEED GAS | LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M | 29d |
| 18023623 | GENERATING A KNOWLEDGE BASE FROM MATHEMATICAL FORMULAE IN TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS | WERNER, MARSHALL L | 84d |
| 18617382 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR INDUCING BIDIRECTIONAL OSCILLATORY SHEAR STRESS ON BIOLOGICAL CELLS | HOBBS, MICHAEL L | — |
| 18685509 | OXY-STEAM BIOMASS GASIFICATON SYSTEM FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN RICH SYNGAS | AKRAM, IMRAN | — |
| 18287843 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC WEARABLE UNIT FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TO PELVIC REGION OF A SUBJECT | TEHRANI, DANIEL | — |
| 18553081 | A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ENERGY EXCHANGING DEVICE | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| 18269558 | THREE DIMENSIONAL MOLECULAR IMAGING THROUGH HOMOGENIZED COHERENT EXCITATION | HANEY, NOAH JAMES | — |
| 18199443 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD | MAC, GARY | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18264071 | A SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING HYDROGEN FROM A FEED GAS | LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M | 29d |
| 18023623 | GENERATING A KNOWLEDGE BASE FROM MATHEMATICAL FORMULAE IN TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS | WERNER, MARSHALL L | 84d |
| 18617382 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR INDUCING BIDIRECTIONAL OSCILLATORY SHEAR STRESS ON BIOLOGICAL CELLS | HOBBS, MICHAEL L | — |
| 18685509 | OXY-STEAM BIOMASS GASIFICATON SYSTEM FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN RICH SYNGAS | AKRAM, IMRAN | — |
| 18287843 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC WEARABLE UNIT FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TO PELVIC REGION OF A SUBJECT | TEHRANI, DANIEL | — |
| 18553081 | A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ENERGY EXCHANGING DEVICE | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| 18269558 | THREE DIMENSIONAL MOLECULAR IMAGING THROUGH HOMOGENIZED COHERENT EXCITATION | HANEY, NOAH JAMES | — |
| 18199443 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD | MAC, GARY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 2127 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 2125 | 1 |
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18617382 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR INDUCING BIDIRECTIONAL OSCILLATORY SHEAR STRESS ON BIOLOGICAL CELLS | HOBBS, MICHAEL L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18685509 | OXY-STEAM BIOMASS GASIFICATON SYSTEM FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN RICH SYNGAS | AKRAM, IMRAN | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18287843 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC WEARABLE UNIT FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TO PELVIC REGION OF A SUBJECT | TEHRANI, DANIEL | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18553081 | A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ENERGY EXCHANGING DEVICE | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 3726 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18264071 | A SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING HYDROGEN FROM A FEED GAS | LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M | 1776 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18269558 | THREE DIMENSIONAL MOLECULAR IMAGING THROUGH HOMOGENIZED COHERENT EXCITATION | HANEY, NOAH JAMES | 2877 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2023 |
| 18199443 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD | MAC, GARY | 2127 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18032832 | BIOMARKER FOR BLOOD ANOMALY | AGAHI, PUYA | 3791 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
| 18023623 | GENERATING A KNOWLEDGE BASE FROM MATHEMATICAL FORMULAE IN TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS | WERNER, MARSHALL L | 2125 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 84d | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 17613671 | CONTROLLING MOTION OF MAGNETICALLY-DRIVEN MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES | TO, HOLLY T | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 23, 2021 |
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