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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Prolaio Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, HOUGH, JESSANDRA F. As the busiest examiner for the portfolio, HOUGH, JESSANDRA F is responsible for 1 pending office action.
The prosecution activity is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit. This focus means that the company's current engagement with the patent office is limited to 1 specific area and 1 individual examiner. With only 1 pending office action, the prosecution profile is streamlined. Practitioners should note that HOUGH, JESSANDRA F and the 1 distinct art unit represent the entirety of the company's current workload in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Because there are no other pending actions, the firm cannot compare the performance of HOUGH, JESSANDRA F against other examiners in the same field. This makes the specific interactions with the 1 distinct examiner the primary driver of the company's immediate patent outcomes.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 1 | 45.6% | +35.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18726328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN EFFICACY OF A TREATMENT FOR A CARDIAC CONDITION | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18726328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN EFFICACY OF A TREATMENT FOR A CARDIAC CONDITION | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18726328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN EFFICACY OF A TREATMENT FOR A CARDIAC CONDITION | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 3796 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
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