Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 1 of 1 (100%) have an AI response strategy ready
Qr8 Health Inc. is managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit, indicating a highly specific point of engagement with the patent office. The use of a single art unit suggests the subject matter is specialized within a medical or mechanical niche. This singular focus means that prosecution outcomes are currently tied to a specific technical area, allowing for a highly targeted legal approach. Practitioners can prioritize resources to address the specific technical niche identified by this art unit assignment.
HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN is the busiest examiner, responsible for the 1 pending office action. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution process is centralized and straightforward to monitor. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific examination style and precedents associated with this single examiner to move the 1 pending action forward. Analyzing the examiner's history within this assigned unit can provide valuable insights into the likely progression of the case and help in crafting a more effective response. This centralized approach ensures that all legal efforts are concentrated on the specific criteria established by the current examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN | 1 | 56.5% | +39.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18333433 | PEG SENSING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE | HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN | 19d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18333433 | PEG SENSING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE | HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN | 19d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18333433 | PEG SENSING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE | HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN | 3791 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | AI Ready | Jun 12, 2023 |
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