Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | 2 | 55.3% | +30.0% |
| BROWN JR, HOWARD D | 1 | 87.8% | +7.0% |
| ST CYR, DANIEL | 1 | 81.3% | +12.8% |
| VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S | 1 | 64.2% | +17.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19061496 | PICKLEBALL PADDLE INLAY WITH METALLIC LATTICE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE | ST CYR, DANIEL | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19535201 | WEIGHT ADJUSTABLE SPORTS EQUIPMENT SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT, AND WEIGHTED COMPONENTS THEREFOR | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | — |
| 19383286 | PADDLE WEIGHT SYSTEMS | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | — |
| 19079055 | PICKLEBALL PADDLE DAMPENING LAYERS | BROWN JR, HOWARD D | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19535201 | WEIGHT ADJUSTABLE SPORTS EQUIPMENT SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT, AND WEIGHTED COMPONENTS THEREFOR | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | — |
| 19383286 | PADDLE WEIGHT SYSTEMS | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | — |
| 19061496 | PICKLEBALL PADDLE INLAY WITH METALLIC LATTICE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE | ST CYR, DANIEL | — |
| 18083067 | OPEN THROAT PADDLE | VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19535201 | WEIGHT ADJUSTABLE SPORTS EQUIPMENT SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT, AND WEIGHTED COMPONENTS THEREFOR | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | 3711 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2026 |
| 19383286 | PADDLE WEIGHT SYSTEMS | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | 3711 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2025 |
| 19079055 | PICKLEBALL PADDLE DAMPENING LAYERS | BROWN JR, HOWARD D | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19061496 | PICKLEBALL PADDLE INLAY WITH METALLIC LATTICE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE | ST CYR, DANIEL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 18083067 | OPEN THROAT PADDLE | VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S | 3711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
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