Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Phasestor LLC maintains 7 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners, suggesting a concentrated review process. Despite the multiple examiners involved, all current activity is contained within 1 distinct art unit, which may lead to consistent examination standards across the portfolio.
The prosecution workload is heavily weighted toward a single individual. VAZQUEZ, ANA M serves as the busiest examiner, handling 5 busiest examiner pending actions. This concentration means that 5 of the company's 7 pending office actions are under the supervision of one examiner. Practitioners should monitor this specific examiner's tendencies, as their decisions significantly impact the current Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings. With 3 distinct examiners in total, the remaining actions are spread among other personnel, but the primary focus remains on the busiest examiner's 5 pending cases.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAZQUEZ, ANA M | 5 | 79.9% | +17.8% |
| MARONEY, JENNA M | 1 | 64.5% | +20.3% |
| TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN | 1 | 81.8% | +7.1% |
| RUPPERT, ERIC S | 1 | 59.8% | +24.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18438516 | HEAT EXCHANGER ASSEMBLY OF THERMAL RETENTION APPARATUS FOR HEATING A LIQUID ON DEMAND | RUPPERT, ERIC S | 12d |
| 19011217 | RECHARGEABLE THERMAL BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR USE IN TRANSPORTING OR STORING PERISHABLE ITEMS | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | — |
| 19011201 | RECHARGEABLE THERMAL BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR USE IN TRANSPORTING OR STORING PERISHABLE ITEMS | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | — |
| 19011210 | RECHARGEABLE THERMAL BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR USE IN TRANSPORTING OR STORING PERISHABLE ITEMS | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | — |
| 19007439 | THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS | MARONEY, JENNA M | — |
| 18986697 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING THERMAL ENERGY | TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18438516 | HEAT EXCHANGER ASSEMBLY OF THERMAL RETENTION APPARATUS FOR HEATING A LIQUID ON DEMAND | RUPPERT, ERIC S | 12d |
| 19011217 | RECHARGEABLE THERMAL BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR USE IN TRANSPORTING OR STORING PERISHABLE ITEMS | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | — |
| 19011227 | RECHARGEABLE THERMAL BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR USE IN TRANSPORTING OR STORING PERISHABLE ITEMS | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | — |
| 19011201 | RECHARGEABLE THERMAL BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR USE IN TRANSPORTING OR STORING PERISHABLE ITEMS | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | — |
| 19011210 | RECHARGEABLE THERMAL BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR USE IN TRANSPORTING OR STORING PERISHABLE ITEMS | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | — |
| 19007439 | THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS | MARONEY, JENNA M | — |
| 18809850 | RECHARGEABLE THERMAL BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR USE IN TRANSPORTING OR STORING PERISHABLE ITEMS | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19011217 | RECHARGEABLE THERMAL BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR USE IN TRANSPORTING OR STORING PERISHABLE ITEMS | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19011227 | RECHARGEABLE THERMAL BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR USE IN TRANSPORTING OR STORING PERISHABLE ITEMS | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19011201 | RECHARGEABLE THERMAL BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR USE IN TRANSPORTING OR STORING PERISHABLE ITEMS | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19011210 | RECHARGEABLE THERMAL BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR USE IN TRANSPORTING OR STORING PERISHABLE ITEMS | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19007439 | THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS | MARONEY, JENNA M | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18986697 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING THERMAL ENERGY | TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18809850 | RECHARGEABLE THERMAL BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR USE IN TRANSPORTING OR STORING PERISHABLE ITEMS | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18438516 | HEAT EXCHANGER ASSEMBLY OF THERMAL RETENTION APPARATUS FOR HEATING A LIQUID ON DEMAND | RUPPERT, ERIC S | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Feb 11, 2024 |
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