Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Intellihot Inc. is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, meaning each case is being reviewed by a different person. The prosecution is also divided across 2 distinct art units, resulting in a one to one ratio between actions, examiners, and art units. GORDON A JONES is the busiest examiner, though this individual is only responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action.
This arrangement indicates that the company's current USPTO activity is evenly distributed across different examiners and art units. Because there are 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units for only 2 pending office actions, the applicant must manage two entirely separate prosecution tracks. There is no administrative or personnel overlap to leverage for consistency across the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering portfolio. The progress of each of the 2 pending office actions depends on the unique timeline and preferences of its assigned examiner. Practitioners should prepare distinct strategies for each of the 2 distinct examiners 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, GORDON A | 1 | 60.8% | +38.6% |
| DEEAN, DEEPAK A | 1 | 49.2% | +42.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18235856 | MULTI-HEATER HEATING SYSTEM | DEEAN, DEEPAK A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18950001 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD OF CROSS-WIRE FAULT | JONES, GORDON A | — |
| 18235856 | MULTI-HEATER HEATING SYSTEM | DEEAN, DEEPAK A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18950001 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD OF CROSS-WIRE FAULT | JONES, GORDON A | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2024 |
| 18235856 | MULTI-HEATER HEATING SYSTEM | DEEAN, DEEPAK A | 3762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialIntellihot Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Gordon A Jones has the most, with 1 of Intellihot Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.