Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Nisshinbo Singapore Pte. Ltd. currently manages 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution activity is currently limited to this single point of contact. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technical niche for the current applications.
The busiest examiner, PEHLKE, CAROLYN A, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This matches the total of 1 pending office action for the company. Therefore, the entirety of the current pending portfolio is under the review of this one individual. The 1 busiest examiner pending action managed by PEHLKE, CAROLYN A will determine the immediate outcome for this portfolio.
Practitioners should prepare for the 1 busiest examiner pending action by reviewing the specific examination history of PEHLKE, CAROLYN A. This singular focus allows for a deep dive into the examiner's specific preferences to resolve the 1 pending office action. Understanding the specific requirements of the 1 distinct examiner is essential for success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. This focused approach may lead to more consistent outcomes.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 1 | 62.2% | +27.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18690762 | HEARTBEAT AND RESPIRATION DETECTION DEVICE AND HEARTBEAT AND RESPIRATION DETECTION PROGRAM | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 34d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18690762 | HEARTBEAT AND RESPIRATION DETECTION DEVICE AND HEARTBEAT AND RESPIRATION DETECTION PROGRAM | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 34d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18690762 | HEARTBEAT AND RESPIRATION DETECTION DEVICE AND HEARTBEAT AND RESPIRATION DETECTION PROGRAM | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 3799 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
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