Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Monotony AI Inc. manages 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners. The company's applications are spread through 3 distinct art units. HALL, FORREST G is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This examiner is currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. The distribution of 4 pending office actions across 4 distinct examiners means that no examiner is handling more than one case.
The concentration in 3 distinct art units suggests that at least two cases are being reviewed within the same technical group. HALL, FORREST G manages 1 busiest examiner pending action, reflecting the distributed nature of the current workload. This variety of examiners and 3 distinct art units requires managing multiple points of contact. Practitioners should note that the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area is the sole focus of these 4 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, FORREST G | 1 | 60.1% | +31.7% |
| DURHAM, NATHAN E | 1 | 65.9% | +17.4% |
| HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM | 1 | 44.1% | +40.6% |
| LEE, KEVIN G | 1 | 64.1% | +27.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18973287 | AUTONOMOUS LAUNDRY FOLDING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE | DURHAM, NATHAN E | 47d |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18626804 | ROBOTIC LAUNDRY SEPARATING AND REPOSITIONING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE | HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM | 98d overdue |
| 18973287 | AUTONOMOUS LAUNDRY FOLDING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE | DURHAM, NATHAN E | 47d |
| 19311021 | AUTONOMOUS TIERED LAUNDRY FOLDING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE | HALL, FORREST G | — |
| 18486567 | INTERACTIVE USER APPLICATIONS FOR REMOTELY COMMUNICATING WITH AND TRAINING AUTONOMOUS LAUNDRY SYSTEMS | LEE, KEVIN G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 2 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 1711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19311021 | AUTONOMOUS TIERED LAUNDRY FOLDING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE | HALL, FORREST G | 3732 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 18973287 | AUTONOMOUS LAUNDRY FOLDING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE | DURHAM, NATHAN E | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 47d | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18626804 | ROBOTIC LAUNDRY SEPARATING AND REPOSITIONING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE | HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | 98d overdue | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18486567 | INTERACTIVE USER APPLICATIONS FOR REMOTELY COMMUNICATING WITH AND TRAINING AUTONOMOUS LAUNDRY SYSTEMS | LEE, KEVIN G | 1711 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
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