Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Instagrid GmbH is managing 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units. This distribution suggests that the company's innovations are being reviewed by two different specialized groups at the patent office. The presence of 2 distinct art units may require the prosecution team to adapt to different internal policies within those units.
The portfolio involves 3 distinct examiners, meaning each pending office action is handled by a different individual. FERGUSON, MICHAEL P is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action. With 3 distinct examiners for 3 pending office actions, there is no concentration of examiners, which may lead to varied outcomes across the portfolio. Practitioners should prepare for 3 unique sets of examiner preferences while navigating the 2 distinct art units involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (75%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 1 | 63.4% | +73.3% |
| PAIK, STEVEN SANGYUL | 1 | 21.4% | +22.7% |
| HAUPT, KRISTY A | 1 | 87.8% | +11.2% |
| TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA | 1 | 54.4% | +23.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18289684 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARGING A POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM | HAUPT, KRISTY A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18965210 | Frame Attachment Assembly and Method of Attachment | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | — |
| 18289687 | MOBILE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM COMPRISING CASCADED MULTI-LEVEL INVERTER | PAIK, STEVEN SANGYUL | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18965210 | Frame Attachment Assembly and Method of Attachment | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | — |
| 18289687 | MOBILE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM COMPRISING CASCADED MULTI-LEVEL INVERTER | PAIK, STEVEN SANGYUL | — |
| 18289684 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARGING A POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM | HAUPT, KRISTY A | — |
| 17502961 | ENERGY-SAVING OPERATION FOR AN ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH BATTERY STORAGE | TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3619 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18965210 | Frame Attachment Assembly and Method of Attachment | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 3619 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18289687 | MOBILE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM COMPRISING CASCADED MULTI-LEVEL INVERTER | PAIK, STEVEN SANGYUL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18289684 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARGING A POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM | HAUPT, KRISTY A | 1782 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 17502961 | ENERGY-SAVING OPERATION FOR AN ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH BATTERY STORAGE | TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA | 2859 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2021 |
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