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
Reflective Apparel Factory Inc. maintains 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This prosecution activity involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, showing a highly concentrated administrative footprint. The busiest examiner identified in the data is BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This single pending action represents the entirety of the company's current engagement with the patent office.
The fact that 1 distinct examiner handles the only pending action means that the prosecution strategy is currently tied to the specific review of BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY. Within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector, this portfolio's activity is limited to 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a narrow technical focus for the pending matter. The data indicates a streamlined prosecution environment where all active office actions are managed by a single examiner in a single art unit. This structure allows for a direct line of communication but places significant weight on the individual examiner's interpretation of the claims.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY | 1 | 50.1% | +45.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18701131 | REFLECTIVE GARMENTS | BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18701131 | REFLECTIVE GARMENTS | BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18701131 | REFLECTIVE GARMENTS | BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
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