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
Safe Splints LLC operates in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Currently, the company has 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, showing a direct and singular line of communication with the patent office. The prosecution is confined to 1 distinct art unit within the broader Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector, which indicates a specific technical categorization for the pending matter.
HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action currently under review. The presence of only 1 distinct examiner means that the company's prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the feedback from HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA. Because there is only 1 pending office action in 1 distinct art unit, the administrative burden is low. The focus remains on the specific technical requirements of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering unit where the application is lodged.
The resolution of the 1 busiest examiner pending office action is the primary factor in the portfolio's current progress. There are no other examiners or pending actions to manage, which keeps the prosecution process straightforward. The company's success in this matter depends on the review conducted by HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA. Practitioners can tailor their strategy to this single examiner's history and preferences, as there are no other active matters to balance within the 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA | 1 | 72.0% | +30.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18912904 | UPPER ARM SPLINT | HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA | 15d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18912904 | UPPER ARM SPLINT | HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA | 3786 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
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