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
Oxytec AG operates a company patent portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, currently featuring 1 pending office action. This active matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. Such a focused prosecution profile indicates that the company's current patent office activity is concentrated in a single administrative and technical channel.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN, who is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. As this represents the only pending office action for the company, the examiner's individual approach will be the primary factor in the immediate prosecution outcome. The relationship between the examiner and the total pending actions highlights a singular point of contact for the company's current legal efforts.
Because the portfolio is limited to 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner, there is no internal data for comparing different examination styles within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. This concentration simplifies the management of the 1 pending office action but also means the portfolio's current progress is tied to a single examiner's interpretation. Future filings would be required to diversify the portfolio across more examiners or art units.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | 1 | 57.1% | +56.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17792642 | VAPOR DETECTING DEVICE FOR A COOKING APPLIANCE AND UNIT CONSISTING OF A COOKING APPLIANCE AND A VAPOR DETECTING DEVICE | LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | 9d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17792642 | VAPOR DETECTING DEVICE FOR A COOKING APPLIANCE AND UNIT CONSISTING OF A COOKING APPLIANCE AND A VAPOR DETECTING DEVICE | LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | 9d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17792642 | VAPOR DETECTING DEVICE FOR A COOKING APPLIANCE AND UNIT CONSISTING OF A COOKING APPLIANCE AND A VAPOR DETECTING DEVICE | LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | 3762 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jul 29, 2022 |
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