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
Opa Dental LLC currently has 1 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiners, which simplifies the communication process for the company. The 1 pending office actions are situated within 1 distinct art units, suggesting a focused technical scope within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. This 1 distinct art units figure indicates a highly targeted prosecution scope for the current filing.
AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. As there is 1 distinct examiners involved, AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR is the only official overseeing the 1 pending office actions. The alignment of the current filing within 1 distinct art units means that the prosecution strategy can be very specific to the requirements of that unit. Practitioners should focus on the individual examination style of AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR to successfully navigate the 1 busiest examiner pending action. The Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering context will be essential for addressing the 1 pending office actions effectively.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18613368 | DENTAL PROSTHETIC APPLIANCE | AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR | 26d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18613368 | DENTAL PROSTHETIC APPLIANCE | AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR | 3772 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
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