Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pillar Vision Inc. holds 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are split between 2 distinct examiners, with each examiner responsible for a pending action. Both pending actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating that the applications likely share closely related technical subject matter. The focus within a distinct art unit suggests a streamlined prosecution environment for the company's Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering interests.
ZAMAN, SADARUZ is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. The data shows that with 2 distinct examiners for the pending office actions, the workload is not concentrated on a single individual. Practitioners should note that the 1 distinct art unit provides a consistent regulatory framework for the applications. This structure simplifies the management of the portfolio by limiting the number of art units that counsel must navigate. The arrangement ensures that the pending office action handled by the busiest examiner is reviewed within the same technical context as the other matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZAMAN, SADARUZ | 1 | 45.6% | +33.7% |
| LIM, SENG HENG | 1 | 65.8% | +29.5% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18984290 | BALL FEEDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | ZAMAN, SADARUZ | — |
| 18411574 | PLAYER MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENTLY PROCESSING SENSOR DATA | LIM, SENG HENG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18984290 | BALL FEEDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | ZAMAN, SADARUZ | 3715 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18411574 | PLAYER MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENTLY PROCESSING SENSOR DATA | LIM, SENG HENG | 3715 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
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