Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Ipv

3 pending office actions • 0 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Ipv is currently managing 3 pending office actions in its patent portfolio. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners, though the data indicates 0 distinct art units are involved. STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action.

This distribution shows that the 3 pending office actions are being handled by these examiners. This requires the company to navigate prosecution styles across the examiners, even while the data shows 0 distinct art units for the portfolio. The 3 pending office actions represent the current active volume for the company.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
3
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only3 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
100% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 1 63.1% +48.8%
DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA 1 68.6% +38.0%
PONTON, JAMES D 1 79.9% +32.7%

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18759214 NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID MEDICINE INJECTION APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL —
18749711 LIQUID MEDICINE INJECTION DEVICE DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA —
18746164 ELECTROOSMOTIC PUMP PONTON, JAMES D —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18759214 NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID MEDICINE INJECTION APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18749711 LIQUID MEDICINE INJECTION DEVICE DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18746164 ELECTROOSMOTIC PUMP PONTON, JAMES D — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024

Managing Ipv's Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month