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
Proxr LLC has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners but are contained within 1 distinct art unit. WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action.
The use of multiple examiners within the art unit suggests that the company’s filings are closely related but subject to different individual reviews. This situation may lead to different prosecution timelines for similar mechanical technologies. Counsel should monitor whether the 2 distinct examiners maintain consistent positions on overlapping technical features within the single art unit.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 1 | 73.3% | +30.4% |
| GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. | 1 | 40.2% | +36.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18872499 | Sports Implement Having Slip-On Grip | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | — |
| 18711780 | Sports Implement Having Asymmetric Grip | GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18872499 | Sports Implement Having Slip-On Grip | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | — |
| 18711780 | Sports Implement Having Asymmetric Grip | GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18872499 | Sports Implement Having Slip-On Grip | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18711780 | Sports Implement Having Asymmetric Grip | GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. | 3711 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
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