Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Mikado Model Helicopters GmbH is managing 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This action is assigned to a distinct examiner, POINT, RUFUS C, who is the busiest examiner for the company. The matter is located within 1 distinct art unit.
This indicates a very narrow and focused prosecution footprint. The company's current success in this technology area is tied to a single examiner's review within one specific art unit. Practitioners should note that there is no diversification across examiners or art units for the current pending workload.
This lack of breadth means that the specific preferences of the assigned examiner will be the primary factor in the prosecution outcome. The company's strategy appears to be highly targeted within the technical group identified. This concentrated approach requires a direct and focused interaction with the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| POINT, RUFUS C | 1 | 74.2% | +18.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18280541 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A FLYING BODY | POINT, RUFUS C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18280541 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A FLYING BODY | POINT, RUFUS C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2689 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18280541 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A FLYING BODY | POINT, RUFUS C | 2689 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
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