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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Japham Group Limited is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR. The portfolio is focused within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical area of interest for the company's current filings. This focus in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company is prioritizing a specific niche within the medical device sector.
AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR is the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there is 1 pending office action, this examiner is responsible for the company's entire active docket. The concentration of the pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field under 1 distinct examiner means that the company's immediate success depends on this point of contact. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR to advance the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18870358 | HAIR STYLING DEVICE | AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR | 10d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18870358 | HAIR STYLING DEVICE | AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR | 3772 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial