Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Paramount Bed Co., Ltd. operates within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently faces 6 pending office actions. These matters are spread across 4 distinct art units, indicating that the company's mechanical innovations are subject to review by several different specialized groups. This variety in art units suggests that the portfolio covers a range of technical applications within the medical field.
The prosecution involves 6 distinct examiners, which means each of the 6 pending office actions is being handled by a different individual. KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE is identified as the busiest examiner for this applicant. This examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the busiest examiner handles only 1 action, the company's prosecution efforts are not concentrated under any single official's discretion.
With 4 distinct art units and 6 distinct examiners, the portfolio is subject to a broad range of examination styles. KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE's 1 pending office action represents a small fraction of the total workload. Practitioners should prepare for diverse feedback across the 4 distinct art units assigned to these cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (29%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE | 1 | 26.6% | +31.1% |
| JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 1 | 68.5% | +21.0% |
| CZEKAJ, DAVID J | 1 | 49.8% | -7.5% |
| SCHIMPF, TARA E | 1 | 78.6% | +7.8% |
| ROBERTS, ANNA L | 1 | 56.7% | +38.5% |
| DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 1 | 74.7% | +15.7% |
| HUANG, MIRANDA M | 1 | 60.6% | +53.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18533824 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | ROBERTS, ANNA L | 18d overdue |
| 18694003 | EXCREMENT ANALYSIS APPARATUS, EXCREMENT ANALYSIS METHOD, PRE-COLONOSCOPY STATE CONFIRMATION APPARATUS, STATE CONFIRMATION SYSTEM, STATE CONFIRMATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | CZEKAJ, DAVID J | 8d overdue |
| 18561264 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 26d |
| 19037807 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE | — |
| 18750261 | DETECTION APPARATUS | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | — |
| 18537040 | ELECTRIC FURNITURE | SCHIMPF, TARA E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18533824 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | ROBERTS, ANNA L | 18d overdue |
| 18203285 | BED SYSTEM | HUANG, MIRANDA M | 5d |
| 18561264 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 26d |
| 19037807 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE | — |
| 18750261 | DETECTION APPARATUS | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 3 |
| 3687 | 1 |
| 2487 | 1 |
| 3676 | 1 |
| 2124 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19037807 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE | 3687 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18750261 | DETECTION APPARATUS | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18694003 | EXCREMENT ANALYSIS APPARATUS, EXCREMENT ANALYSIS METHOD, PRE-COLONOSCOPY STATE CONFIRMATION APPARATUS, STATE CONFIRMATION SYSTEM, STATE CONFIRMATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | CZEKAJ, DAVID J | 2487 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18537040 | ELECTRIC FURNITURE | SCHIMPF, TARA E | 3676 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18533824 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | ROBERTS, ANNA L | 3791 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18561264 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18203285 | BED SYSTEM | HUANG, MIRANDA M | 2124 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | May 30, 2023 |
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