Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Medimaging Integrated Solution Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that the company's current filings are being reviewed by different specialized groups.
SAHLE, MAHIDERE S is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action. This means the 2 pending office actions are split between the 2 distinct examiners. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests a broader administrative reach for the company's 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.
The presence of 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units for only 2 pending office actions shows a high degree of diversification in the examination process. Practitioners must prepare for potentially different timelines and procedural nuances across these 2 distinct art units. This structure requires a tailored approach for each of the 2 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 1 | 79.5% | +13.1% |
| KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 1 | 62.3% | +35.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18486604 | AUXILIARY OPERATING DEVICE FOR DROPLET DISPENSER | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 30d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18486604 | AUXILIARY OPERATING DEVICE FOR DROPLET DISPENSER | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 30d overdue |
| 18615710 | Optical coherence tomography image system and autofocus method thereof | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 1 |
| 2896 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18615710 | Optical coherence tomography image system and autofocus method thereof | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 2872 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18486604 | AUXILIARY OPERATING DEVICE FOR DROPLET DISPENSER | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 2896 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
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