Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mitsubishi Power Americas Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These 2 actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners. Both actions are housed within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the company's current Computing & Software prosecution is focused within a single administrative division.
RIPA, BRYAN D is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action is part of the 2 pending office actions for the company. Since there are 2 distinct examiners for the 2 pending office actions, the workload is evenly split between the assigned officials.
The 1 distinct art unit contains both of the 2 pending office actions. RIPA, BRYAN D is one of the 2 distinct examiners assigned to these matters. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit, despite the involvement of 2 distinct examiners, indicates a consistent technical environment for the 2 pending office actions at Mitsubishi Power Americas Inc.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIPA, BRYAN D | 1 | 53.9% | +37.2% |
| NORTON, JENNIFER L | 1 | 49.8% | +2.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18207884 | INDUSTRIAL POWER GENERATION FAULT ADVISORY SYSTEM | NORTON, JENNIFER L | 84d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18287978 | HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM | RIPA, BRYAN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2117 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18287978 | HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM | RIPA, BRYAN D | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18207884 | INDUSTRIAL POWER GENERATION FAULT ADVISORY SYSTEM | NORTON, JENNIFER L | 2117 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
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