Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
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
LVMH Recherche manages a portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 2 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating a diversified prosecution landscape for the company's current filings. This spread across 2 art units suggests that the company's innovations in medical and mechanical fields are being evaluated by different specialized groups within the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. This figure matches the busiest examiner pending count of 1. This distribution across 2 distinct examiners suggests that LVMH Recherche is navigating different technical examinations simultaneously. Practitioners should note that this diversification requires managing different examiner preferences, as the workload is spread across multiple officials in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 1 | 78.4% | +9.4% |
| BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE | 1 | 46.6% | +33.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18258896 | WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIFIED COSMETIC COMPOSITION | BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE | 34d |
| 18713840 | MASCARA BRUSH | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18258896 | WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIFIED COSMETIC COMPOSITION | BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE | 34d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18713840 | MASCARA BRUSH | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 3772 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18258896 | WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIFIED COSMETIC COMPOSITION | BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE | 1619 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
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