Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Moviator OY is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners but are contained within 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates that while different individuals are reviewing the work, they are operating within the same specialized group at the patent office. The use of 1 distinct art unit for all pending matters suggests a focused technical scope for the company's current intellectual property efforts. This allows for a more coordinated response strategy within the sector.
ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 pending office action. This accounts for a portion of the 2 pending office actions in the portfolio. Because there are 2 distinct examiners involved, the company must address multiple sets of examiner feedback. However, since both examiners are in the same art unit, the underlying examination policies and prior art references cited are likely to be similar across both cases. This allows the applicant to gain insights from different reviewers while benefiting from the specialized knowledge of the 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 1 | 74.1% | +24.5% |
| PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 1 | 60.5% | +28.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18849714 | FINE GRINDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GRINDING GRANULAR MATERIAL | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18688107 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CRUSHING LUMPY MATERIAL | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 31d overdue |
| 18849714 | FINE GRINDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GRINDING GRANULAR MATERIAL | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18849714 | FINE GRINDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GRINDING GRANULAR MATERIAL | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18688107 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CRUSHING LUMPY MATERIAL | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 3725 | §103 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
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