Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Qbas Co. Ltd. is managing 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, all of whom are located within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the company's medical device filings are being reviewed by a single specialized group at the patent office. The focus on 1 distinct art unit allows the company to develop a consistent prosecution strategy tailored to the specific standards of that unit.
The busiest examiner, TOMPKINS, ALISSA JILL, is currently handling 1 pending office action. With 3 pending actions total, each of the 3 examiners is responsible for exactly one matter. This high ratio of examiners to pending actions indicates a lack of examiner overlap, which can lead to varied feedback even within the same technology area. Practitioners must manage the 3 pending office actions by coordinating across the distinct examiners while leveraging the unified rules of the single art unit. This approach ensures that the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering applications are prosecuted with a consistent strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOMPKINS, ALISSA JILL | 1 | 32.6% | +40.9% |
| ELLABIB, MAAP AHMED | 1 | 64.0% | +37.3% |
| JONES, AISLINN MOIRA | 1 | 55.6% | +57.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18678373 | BREATHABLE MASK AND BODY THEREOF | JONES, AISLINN MOIRA | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19031748 | WATER SPORTS MASK AND HEAD STRAP THEREOF | TOMPKINS, ALISSA JILL | — |
| 18678349 | BREATHABLE MASK AND BODY THEREOF | ELLABIB, MAAP AHMED | — |
| 18678373 | BREATHABLE MASK AND BODY THEREOF | JONES, AISLINN MOIRA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19031748 | WATER SPORTS MASK AND HEAD STRAP THEREOF | TOMPKINS, ALISSA JILL | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 18678349 | BREATHABLE MASK AND BODY THEREOF | ELLABIB, MAAP AHMED | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18678373 | BREATHABLE MASK AND BODY THEREOF | JONES, AISLINN MOIRA | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
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