Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kabam Inc. currently has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, but all 3 are working within the same 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that while the company is dealing with three different individual perspectives, the technical standards and supervisory environment are highly centralized within a single art unit.
PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. With 3 distinct examiners handling one case each, the company must prepare for three different examiner styles. However, the concentration in 1 distinct art unit may allow the company to identify consistent prior art trends or internal policies that apply across all three of its pending office actions. This structure provides a unique balance between examiner diversity and art unit consistency. Managing 3 pending office actions within a single art unit allows for a more unified technical strategy compared to portfolios spread across multiple USPTO divisions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (25%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH | 1 | 75.7% | +28.4% |
| THOMAS, ERIC M | 1 | 69.9% | +14.7% |
| YEN, JASON TAHAI | 1 | 77.0% | +23.6% |
| WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | 1 | 66.2% | +26.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18984036 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DURATIONAL PROMOTIONS TO PLAYERS | PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH | — |
| 18621632 | UNLOCKING GAME CONTENT BASED ON AMOUNTS OF COLLABORATIVE GAMEPLAY | THOMAS, ERIC M | — |
| 18482204 | FACILITATING EVENT IMPLEMENTATION IN AN ONLINE GAME | YEN, JASON TAHAI | — |
| 18455987 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AWARDS TO USERS OF AN ONLINE GAME | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18984036 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DURATIONAL PROMOTIONS TO PLAYERS | PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH | — |
| 18621632 | UNLOCKING GAME CONTENT BASED ON AMOUNTS OF COLLABORATIVE GAMEPLAY | THOMAS, ERIC M | — |
| 18482204 | FACILITATING EVENT IMPLEMENTATION IN AN ONLINE GAME | YEN, JASON TAHAI | — |
| 18455987 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AWARDS TO USERS OF AN ONLINE GAME | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18984036 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DURATIONAL PROMOTIONS TO PLAYERS | PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH | — | §101§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18621632 | UNLOCKING GAME CONTENT BASED ON AMOUNTS OF COLLABORATIVE GAMEPLAY | THOMAS, ERIC M | 3715 | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18482204 | FACILITATING EVENT IMPLEMENTATION IN AN ONLINE GAME | YEN, JASON TAHAI | 3715 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18455987 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AWARDS TO USERS OF AN ONLINE GAME | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
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