Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nidec Chaun-Choung Technology Corporation is prosecuting a portfolio in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering with 3 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, yet they all fall within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that while the technical subject matter is specialized enough to stay within 1 art unit, it is being reviewed by several different individuals simultaneously, which could lead to varying interpretations of the same technical standards.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is RUBY, TRAVIS C, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Given that each of the 3 distinct examiners holds exactly one of the 3 pending actions, the workload is perfectly distributed. This requires the applicant to manage 3 separate examiner relationships within a single technical art unit to ensure consistent prosecution results across the portfolio. Navigating these 3 pending office actions involves addressing the specific feedback of each examiner while leveraging the fact that all work is concentrated within 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 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUBY, TRAVIS C | 1 | 53.9% | +27.4% |
| MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 1 | 48.9% | +35.8% |
| AL SAMIRI, KHALED AHMED ALI | 1 | 47.2% | +60.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18765205 | LOOPED HEAT PIPE WITH DUAL DIAMETER | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18532763 | FIBER-EMBEDDED VAPOR CHAMBER STRUCTURE | AL SAMIRI, KHALED AHMED ALI | 16d overdue |
| 18791370 | HEAT TRANSFER DEVICE AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | RUBY, TRAVIS C | — |
| 18765205 | LOOPED HEAT PIPE WITH DUAL DIAMETER | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18791370 | HEAT TRANSFER DEVICE AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | RUBY, TRAVIS C | 3763 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18765205 | LOOPED HEAT PIPE WITH DUAL DIAMETER | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18532763 | FIBER-EMBEDDED VAPOR CHAMBER STRUCTURE | AL SAMIRI, KHALED AHMED ALI | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
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