Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
OP-Hygiene IP GmbH is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct art units and are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners. WELCH, DAVID T is one of the busiest examiners for the portfolio, with 1 pending case under their authority.
The distribution of 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units indicates a lack of concentration in the company's prosecution. Practitioners must navigate two different sets of examiner expectations and art unit standards within the Communications field.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELCH, DAVID T | 1 | 81.3% | +26.7% |
| MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL | 1 | 81.0% | +4.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18827984 | Hygiene Compliance System Using Augmented Reality | WELCH, DAVID T | — |
| 18474112 | Fluid Dispenser for Collecting and Analyzing Skin Microbiota | MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18827984 | Hygiene Compliance System Using Augmented Reality | WELCH, DAVID T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2613 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18827984 | Hygiene Compliance System Using Augmented Reality | WELCH, DAVID T | 2613 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18474112 | Fluid Dispenser for Collecting and Analyzing Skin Microbiota | MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL | 1798 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
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