Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
PHC Holdings Corporation maintains 7 pending office actions focused on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. These matters are spread across 4 distinct art units, showing a technical focus that spans several specialized patent office classifications. The prosecution work involves 6 distinct examiners, which means the number of examiners is nearly equal to the total number of pending actions. This distribution suggests that most examiners are handling only their own assigned case for the company.
ALEXANDER STEPHAN NOGUEROLA is identified as the busiest examiner, with 2 pending office actions currently under review. This concentration of 2 actions with an examiner represents a portion of the 7 total pending actions. Practitioners should note that while the portfolio is small, the involvement of 4 art units suggests that the mechanical engineering aspects may require specialized knowledge across different examining groups. With the pending office actions and 6 distinct examiners, the company must manage various examiner preferences to advance its interests in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The presence of the art units indicates that the portfolio is not limited to a specific technical niche.
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 (33%) |
| §112 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ING, MATTHEW W | 1 | 64.7% | +8.3% |
| NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | 1 | 82.7% | +3.0% |
| CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 1 | 64.5% | +28.0% |
| ADEDIRAN, ABDUL -SAMAD A | 1 | 78.7% | +13.4% |
| SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 1 | 65.5% | +38.3% |
| ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN | 1 | 60.5% | +20.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18994196 | ELECTRODE, SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR | NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19180995 | GASKET AND REFRIGERATION APPARATUS | ING, MATTHEW W | — |
| 18023230 | DRUG CARTRIDGE, CASSETTE, DRUG INJECTION DEVICE, AND DRUG INJECTION SYSTEM | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18724814 | BLOOD GLUCOSE METER | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | — |
| 18408848 | LED MODULE AND CULTURE APPARATUS | ADEDIRAN, ABDUL -SAMAD A | — |
| 18023230 | DRUG CARTRIDGE, CASSETTE, DRUG INJECTION DEVICE, AND DRUG INJECTION SYSTEM | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | — |
| 17799432 | SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3637 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19180995 | GASKET AND REFRIGERATION APPARATUS | ING, MATTHEW W | 3637 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 18994196 | ELECTRODE, SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR | NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18724814 | BLOOD GLUCOSE METER | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18408848 | LED MODULE AND CULTURE APPARATUS | ADEDIRAN, ABDUL -SAMAD A | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18023230 | DRUG CARTRIDGE, CASSETTE, DRUG INJECTION DEVICE, AND DRUG INJECTION SYSTEM | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 17799432 | SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2022 |
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