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
Iq Energy Inc. currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This prosecution activity is limited to 1 distinct examiner, which suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's current filings. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit further confirms that the intellectual property is being examined within a single specialized category of mechanical or medical technology.
The busiest examiner assigned to this portfolio is TREMARCHE, CONNOR J., who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the total number of active matters is 1 pending office action, TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. handles the entire current workload. This concentration means that the company's immediate patent prospects in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field are tied to the evaluation of this assigned examiner.
The data reflects a highly consolidated prosecution profile where 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner govern the active docket. This structure allows for a focused legal strategy, as there are no competing actions or varying examiner requirements to manage. The 1 busiest examiner pending action represents the full extent of the company's current engagement with the patent office, and practitioners should tailor their approach to the specific expectations of the assigned examiner.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | 1 | 65.6% | +27.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18275973 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRYING SLUDGE | TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18275973 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRYING SLUDGE | TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
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