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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Robert Tremaine Whalen has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, Kathleen M Fisk. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a specific technical focus for this patent application. Kathleen M Fisk is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action.
With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the current prosecution activity is concentrated. The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technology being patented fits into a specific mechanical or medical category at the patent office. This streamlined profile indicates that the practitioner is currently focused on 1 active engagement with the patent office. The data shows no other pending actions or examiners involved in the portfolio at this time, allowing for a direct interaction with the 1 examiner responsible for the busiest pending case.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISK, KATHLEEN M | 1 | 63.2% | +44.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18815746 | Comparative Exercisa Session Equivalende, Differential Air Pressure (DAP) Systems, Controls And Related Devices And Methods | FISK, KATHLEEN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3784 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18815746 | Comparative Exercisa Session Equivalende, Differential Air Pressure (DAP) Systems, Controls And Related Devices And Methods | FISK, KATHLEEN M | 3784 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
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