Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
National University Corporation Asahikawa Medical University currently has 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, showing a concentrated effort in its patent prosecution. The university is dealing with a single point of review for its pending intellectual property, which simplifies the administrative oversight required for its applications.
WALKER, OLIVIA is identified as the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 busiest examiner pending office action accounts for all the pending activity in the university's portfolio. With 1 distinct examiner involved, the prosecution strategy can be tailored specifically to the feedback provided by WALKER, OLIVIA. The outcome of the 1 pending office action will determine the next steps for the university's patent applications.
Since there are no other pending actions, the administrative requirements are focused on this single case. The university's interaction with the patent office is currently limited to the review conducted by WALKER, OLIVIA. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of this examiner to ensure a successful outcome. This concentrated prosecution environment allows for a direct response to the examiner's concerns without the need to balance conflicting feedback from other officials.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, OLIVIA | 1 | 35.7% | +75.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856560 | DRIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED BLOOD PUMP, DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE FOR MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED BLOOD PUMP, AND MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED BLOOD PUMP SYSTEM | WALKER, OLIVIA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856560 | DRIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED BLOOD PUMP, DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE FOR MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED BLOOD PUMP, AND MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED BLOOD PUMP SYSTEM | WALKER, OLIVIA | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18856560 | DRIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED BLOOD PUMP, DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE FOR MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED BLOOD PUMP, AND MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED BLOOD PUMP SYSTEM | WALKER, OLIVIA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
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