Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 45 patents granted in the last 365 days
On Clouds GmbH has 5 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, suggesting that most cases are being handled by different individuals. This distribution requires the company to adapt its prosecution style to the specific tendencies of 4 distinct examiners. Managing these matters across multiple officials necessitates a balanced approach to individual examiner preferences.
The 5 pending office actions are concentrated within 2 distinct art units, which indicates a relatively focused technical scope despite the number of examiners involved. BAYS, MARIE D is the busiest examiner, currently managing 2 pending office actions. With a busiest examiner pending count of 2, this individual handles a significant portion of the active workload. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the preferences of this examiner while also managing the requirements of the 2 distinct art units where these cases reside. The concentration in a small number of art units suggests that the company's mechanical innovations fall into a few closely related technical categories.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYS, MARIE D | 2 | 74.5% | +19.5% |
| MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 1 | 47.4% | +68.3% |
| WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 1 | 44.1% | +61.5% |
| WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S | 1 | 60.1% | +26.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18854875 | LATERALLY AND MEDIALLY FLEXIBLE MIDSOLE | WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 12d |
| 19410479 | SOLE COMPRISING A CURVED ELASTIC PLATE | BAYS, MARIE D | — |
| 19127346 | SHOE WITH REMOVABLE UPPER AND RECYCLING OF SAID SHOE | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18816385 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TEXTILE COMPONENT | WILLIAMS, CEDRICK 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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18854875 | LATERALLY AND MEDIALLY FLEXIBLE MIDSOLE | WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 12d |
| 19410479 | SOLE COMPRISING A CURVED ELASTIC PLATE | BAYS, MARIE D | — |
| 19127346 | SHOE WITH REMOVABLE UPPER AND RECYCLING OF SAID SHOE | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18901367 | MIDSOLE HAVING A CLEAR FREE SPACE | BAYS, MARIE D | — |
| 18816385 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TEXTILE COMPONENT | WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 4 |
| 1749 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19410479 | SOLE COMPRISING A CURVED ELASTIC PLATE | BAYS, MARIE D | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2025 |
| 19127346 | SHOE WITH REMOVABLE UPPER AND RECYCLING OF SAID SHOE | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 18854875 | LATERALLY AND MEDIALLY FLEXIBLE MIDSOLE | WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18901367 | MIDSOLE HAVING A CLEAR FREE SPACE | BAYS, MARIE D | 3732 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18816385 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TEXTILE COMPONENT | WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S | 1749 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
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