Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ky7 Inc. is currently prosecuting a portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. There are 4 pending office actions associated with the company, which are spread across 4 distinct examiners. This distribution between actions and examiners indicates that each pending matter is being handled by a unique individual at the USPTO. The involvement of 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's mechanical and medical innovations span several different technical classifications.
JAMES N SMALLEY is identified as the busiest examiner, though he is only responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the 4 pending office actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, no examiner holds more than 1 action. This distribution across 3 distinct art units implies that the prosecution strategy must account for the specific nuances of multiple examination groups. The data shows an approach to securing patent rights for Ky7 Inc. within the medical device sector, with multiple pending matters under different examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMALLEY, JAMES N | 1 | 70.7% | -9.9% |
| AHMED, MOBEEN | 1 | 61.5% | +7.6% |
| ISLAM, SANJIDUL | 1 | 62.3% | +39.9% |
| GERTH, KATIE L | 1 | 75.7% | +16.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18866211 | LID, CONTAINER WITH LID, AND COMBINATION OF LID AND CONTAINER | ISLAM, SANJIDUL | 31d overdue |
| 19102756 | LID, CONTAINER WITH LID, AND COMBINATION OF LID AND CONTAINER | SMALLEY, JAMES N | — |
| 18874430 | SEALING MACHINE | AHMED, MOBEEN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18844235 | HOLDING JIG, SEALING DEVICE, AND SEALING METHOD | GERTH, KATIE L | 107d overdue |
| 18866211 | LID, CONTAINER WITH LID, AND COMBINATION OF LID AND CONTAINER | ISLAM, SANJIDUL | 31d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 2 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19102756 | LID, CONTAINER WITH LID, AND COMBINATION OF LID AND CONTAINER | SMALLEY, JAMES N | 3733 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 18874430 | SEALING MACHINE | AHMED, MOBEEN | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18866211 | LID, CONTAINER WITH LID, AND COMBINATION OF LID AND CONTAINER | ISLAM, SANJIDUL | 3736 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18844235 | HOLDING JIG, SEALING DEVICE, AND SEALING METHOD | GERTH, KATIE L | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 107d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
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