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
Raigi is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 1 pending office action currently in progress. This 1 matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, VOLZ, ELIZABETH J. As the only examiner currently reviewing the company's work, VOLZ, ELIZABETH J is designated as the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This concentration means that the company's immediate patent success is dependent on the evaluation of this specific individual.
The prosecution is confined to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a singular focus for the company's current patenting activities. With 1 busiest examiner pending action, the company's entire active workload is concentrated under 1 individual's review. This streamlined prosecution profile indicates that the company's immediate patent outcomes depend on the evaluation of 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. For the applicant, this creates a high-stakes environment where the results of 1 pending office action define the current progress of the entire active portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 1 | 66.7% | +18.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18979595 | OUTLET BOSS FOR A PRESSURIZED-FLUID STORAGE TANK, AND TANK COMPRISING SUCH A BOSS | VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 44d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18979595 | OUTLET BOSS FOR A PRESSURIZED-FLUID STORAGE TANK, AND TANK COMPRISING SUCH A BOSS | VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 44d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18979595 | OUTLET BOSS FOR A PRESSURIZED-FLUID STORAGE TANK, AND TANK COMPRISING SUCH A BOSS | VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 3733 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
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