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
Power8 Tech Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, COLLINS, DANIEL S., in 1 distinct art unit. COLLINS, DANIEL S. is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. This single case defines the current prosecution activity for the company.
The concentration of the entire pending portfolio in the 1 distinct art unit and with the 1 distinct examiner indicates a specialized focus. Practitioners should note that the outcome of this matter will significantly impact the company's standing in the medical and mechanical field. Because only one professional is involved, their individual examination style and history are paramount. The company's prosecution resources are currently dedicated to this specific instance, making it the central point of their patent strategy. This situation represents the current opportunity for the company to secure patent rights in this technology area. Every step taken in the 1 pending office action is vital for the company's intellectual property goals.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, LOREN C | 1 | 81.5% | +29.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19188284 | CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD | EDWARDS, LOREN C | 15d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19188284 | CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD | EDWARDS, LOREN C | 15d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19188284 | CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD | EDWARDS, LOREN C | 3746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
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