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
Michael P Ziaylek currently manages a patent portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio shows 1 pending office action, indicating a point of active engagement with the patent office. This specific volume of activity suggests a focused approach to intellectual property management at this time.
The prosecution history is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner and within 1 distinct art unit. This level of concentration suggests a specific technical focus or a stage in portfolio development where the workload is handled by the individuals identified in the data. Practitioners can expect a consistent examination experience because 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit handle the filings.
HO, ANNA THI is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio. This examiner is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because this number matches the total of 1 pending office action for the company, the identified examiner is currently managing all active matters for Michael P Ziaylek. This alignment ensures that the prosecution strategy remains centralized under the review of HO, ANNA THI.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HO, ANNA THI | 1 | 40.0% | +33.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18488773 | LOW-PROFILE SPRAY DEVICES FOR FIREFIGHTING AND OTHER APPLICATIONS | HO, ANNA THI | 24d 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18488773 | LOW-PROFILE SPRAY DEVICES FOR FIREFIGHTING AND OTHER APPLICATIONS | HO, ANNA THI | 24d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18488773 | LOW-PROFILE SPRAY DEVICES FOR FIREFIGHTING AND OTHER APPLICATIONS | HO, ANNA THI | 3752 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
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