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
Produits Hévéa Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The alignment of 1 pending office action with 1 distinct examiner indicates a focused prosecution effort for the company's current intellectual property interests.
GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending matter. As the only examiner among the 1 distinct examiners, GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE handles the entirety of the current workload. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit confirms the concentration of legal activity in a single technical division of the patent office.
This focused approach in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering allows for consistent communication and specialized review. GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE oversees the 1 pending matter, providing a singular point of contact for the applicant. Such a structure can streamline the examination process by ensuring the examiner is well-versed in the specific mechanical nuances of the filing.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | 1 | 62.1% | +29.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838353 | APPARATUS FOR CLEARING ICE FROM A VEHICLE ROOF AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838353 | APPARATUS FOR CLEARING ICE FROM A VEHICLE ROOF AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18838353 | APPARATUS FOR CLEARING ICE FROM A VEHICLE ROOF AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | 3723 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialProduits Hévéa Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Laura Cole Guidotti has the most, with 1 of Produits Hévéa Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.