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
Inhabit Brands Inc. has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, ZADEH, BOB, who is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The matter is situated within 1 distinct art unit, representing a singular and highly focused point of prosecution for the company at this time.
Because the portfolio consists of 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the company's current success at the office depends entirely on the interaction with ZADEH, BOB. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows for a very specific technical focus without the need to manage multiple examiner perspectives. Practitioners can dedicate their efforts to the specific standards and tendencies of this 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This streamlined prosecution profile suggests a very targeted entry into the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering space. The outcome of this 1 pending office action will define the company's current progress.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZADEH, BOB | 1 | 77.0% | +38.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18812593 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING AND APPLYING SUBSTANCES | ZADEH, BOB | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18812593 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING AND APPLYING SUBSTANCES | ZADEH, BOB | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18812593 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING AND APPLYING SUBSTANCES | ZADEH, BOB | 3754 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
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