Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Menstrual Mates Inc. has 1 pending office action in its current patent portfolio. This workload is distributed among 1 distinct examiner, showing a concentrated prosecution effort. The concentration of the 1 pending office action under a single individual suggests a specific point of contact for the company's current legal efforts. This structure simplifies the administrative burden of tracking multiple applications and examiner communications.
MARCETICH, ADAM M is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This figure matches the total number of 1 pending office action for the entire portfolio. The fact that 1 distinct examiner is handling the case means that the prosecution experience is currently uniform. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific preferences and history of MARCETICH, ADAM M, as there are no other examiners involved in the pending workload.
The immediate success of the portfolio's prosecution relies on resolving the issues raised in the 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there are no other pending actions, the company can dedicate its resources to this single matter. The progress of the company's intellectual property is currently tied to the evaluation conducted by MARCETICH, ADAM M. This focused environment allows for a direct and efficient response to the examiner's requirements.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARCETICH, ADAM M | 1 | 72.7% | +18.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18913579 | APPLICATOR FOR USE WITH A MENSTRUAL COLLECTION DEVICE | MARCETICH, ADAM 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18913579 | APPLICATOR FOR USE WITH A MENSTRUAL COLLECTION DEVICE | MARCETICH, ADAM M | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18913579 | APPLICATOR FOR USE WITH A MENSTRUAL COLLECTION DEVICE | MARCETICH, ADAM M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
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