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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Little Engine LLC is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This prosecution activity is handled by 1 distinct examiner and is situated in 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that the company's active patenting efforts are highly specialized, focusing on a particular mechanical or medical technology rather than a broad range of systems, which allows for a very specific technical focus during prosecution.
ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M is the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for the 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since 1 distinct examiner is assigned to the entire pending portfolio, the company's prosecution success is directly tied to the specific standards and interpretations of this one official. The use of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the company is not currently navigating the complexities of multiple USPTO divisions, allowing for a more singular and focused approach to their intellectual property development. The concentration of 1 pending office action ensures that all legal resources are directed toward a single examiner's feedback.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M | 1 | 46.3% | +49.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17589043 | ELECTROCAUTERY APPARATUS AND METHOD FEATURING ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE | ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17589043 | ELECTROCAUTERY APPARATUS AND METHOD FEATURING ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE | ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17589043 | ELECTROCAUTERY APPARATUS AND METHOD FEATURING ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE | ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2022 |
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