Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sage Products LLC is managing 9 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are spread across 8 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. The presence of 8 distinct examiners for 9 pending office actions indicates that nearly every action is being handled by a different individual. The 4 distinct art units suggest that the company's Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems filings are technically diverse enough to be reviewed by multiple specialized groups.
ADAM C ORTIZ is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently responsible for 2 pending office actions. This is the only instance of an examiner handling more than one action, as the other 9 pending office actions are divided among the remaining 8 distinct examiners. With 9 pending office actions in total, the company must coordinate across 4 distinct art units to manage its patent prosecution strategy effectively. The concentration of 2 pending office actions under ADAM C ORTIZ provides a minor opportunity for consolidated responses.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 5 (62%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORTIZ, ADAM C | 2 | 65.9% | +34.6% |
| GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA | 1 | 56.4% | +59.5% |
| NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN | 1 | 63.2% | +38.5% |
| MORALES, JON ERIC C | 1 | 85.4% | +10.0% |
| TOWNSEND, GUY K | 1 | 74.3% | +25.3% |
| DAVIS-HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L | 1 | 85.5% | +5.4% |
| ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A | 1 | 48.0% | +43.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18961962 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO REDUCE SENSOR INTERFERENCE ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRICAL THERAPIES | MORALES, JON ERIC C | — |
| 18828386 | APPARATUS FOR TURNING AND POSITIONING A PATIENT WITH SENSOR ELEMENTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | DAVIS-HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18964938 | CUSHIONED SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR HEEL ULCER PREVENTION | NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN | 8d 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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18964938 | CUSHIONED SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR HEEL ULCER PREVENTION | NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN | 8d overdue |
| 19024360 | PATIENT POSITIONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA | 47d |
| 19348251 | SHEET ASSEMBLY FOR POSITIONING A PATIENT | ORTIZ, ADAM C | — |
| 19308866 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TURNING AND POSITIONING A PATIENT USING FILLABLE CHAMBERS | ORTIZ, ADAM C | — |
| 18961962 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO REDUCE SENSOR INTERFERENCE ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRICAL THERAPIES | MORALES, JON ERIC C | — |
| 18890434 | Devices and Systems for Urine Collection | TOWNSEND, GUY K | — |
| 18761634 | PATIENT POSITIONING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM | ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3673 | 2 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 3679 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19348251 | SHEET ASSEMBLY FOR POSITIONING A PATIENT | ORTIZ, ADAM C | 3673 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19308866 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TURNING AND POSITIONING A PATIENT USING FILLABLE CHAMBERS | ORTIZ, ADAM C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 19024360 | PATIENT POSITIONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA | 3673 | §103 | Final Rejection | 47d | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18964938 | CUSHIONED SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR HEEL ULCER PREVENTION | NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN | 3786 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18961962 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO REDUCE SENSOR INTERFERENCE ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRICAL THERAPIES | MORALES, JON ERIC C | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18890434 | Devices and Systems for Urine Collection | TOWNSEND, GUY K | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18828386 | APPARATUS FOR TURNING AND POSITIONING A PATIENT WITH SENSOR ELEMENTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | DAVIS-HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18761634 | PATIENT POSITIONING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM | ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A | 3679 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
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