Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kinova Inc. is currently navigating 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 2 actions are split between 2 distinct art units, which suggests that the pending matters involve different technical specializations. The involvement of 2 distinct examiners means that each of the 2 pending office actions is being handled by a separate individual, preventing any single examiner from having a majority influence over the current portfolio.
The busiest examiner for the company is DAVIS-HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L, who is assigned 1 pending office action. This 1 action is one of the 2 total pending matters. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units for only 2 pending office actions, the company faces a diversified prosecution environment where each application is subject to unique review. The action under DAVIS-HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L represents 1 of the distinct paths currently active at the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS-HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L | 1 | 85.5% | +5.4% |
| ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF | 1 | 78.7% | +21.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18563907 | FORCE SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR ARTICULATED MECHANISM | DAVIS-HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18561139 | CONTAINERIZED PLUG-IN SYSTEM FOR ROBOTICS | ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18563907 | FORCE SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR ARTICULATED MECHANISM | DAVIS-HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L | 2855 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 23, 2023 |
| 18561139 | CONTAINERIZED PLUG-IN SYSTEM FOR ROBOTICS | ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF | 3656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
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