Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Instant Systems Inc. has 1 pending office action in its patent portfolio. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, showing a concentrated prosecution effort. The company is currently working with a single individual at the patent office, which simplifies the communication process and administrative oversight required for its intellectual property.
STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 busiest examiner pending office action constitutes the entire pending workload for the portfolio. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner, the company can focus its strategy on the specific feedback from STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F. The resolution of the 1 pending office action is the primary factor in the portfolio's current progress.
There are no other pending actions or examiners to manage, which keeps the prosecution process straightforward. The company's success in this matter depends on the review conducted by STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F. Practitioners can tailor their strategy to this single examiner's history and preferences, as there are no other active matters to balance. This focused environment allows for a direct and efficient response to the examiner's requirements without the need to manage conflicting feedback from multiple officials.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 1 | 75.6% | +14.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18855853 | CONTAINER WITH INTERNAL PORT | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18855853 | CONTAINER WITH INTERNAL PORT | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18855853 | CONTAINER WITH INTERNAL PORT | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
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