Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shenzhen Soocas Technology Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This distribution shows that each of the 4 pending office actions is being handled by a different examiner. The busiest examiner is BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN, who is responsible for 1 pending office action.
The presence of 3 distinct art units indicates that the portfolio's technical content is broad enough to be reviewed by multiple specialized groups. Practitioners must be prepared to address the specific technical standards and examination practices of these 3 distinct art units. Since there are 4 distinct examiners for the 4 pending office actions, a unified prosecution strategy may be difficult to implement. Instead, practitioners should focus on the individual requirements of each examiner while maintaining consistency in the technical arguments presented across the 3 distinct art units.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | 1 | 76.5% | +30.6% |
| PARSLEY, DAVID J | 1 | 54.0% | +28.7% |
| POSIGIAN, DAVID S. | 1 | 31.2% | +40.6% |
| STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 1 | 60.2% | +25.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18149968 | PERSONAL CARE DEVICE | POSIGIAN, DAVID S. | 120d overdue |
| 19004232 | ORAL NURSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | — |
| 18963774 | DRIVE UNIT FOR ORAL CLEANING, TOOTHBRUSH HANDLE, AND ORAL CLEANING DEVICE | PARSLEY, DAVID J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17777223 | SHAVING HEAD ASSEMBLY, HANDLE ASSEMBLY AND INDUCTIVE SHAVER | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 357d overdue |
| 18149968 | PERSONAL CARE DEVICE | POSIGIAN, DAVID S. | 120d overdue |
| 19004232 | ORAL NURSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | — |
| 18963774 | DRIVE UNIT FOR ORAL CLEANING, TOOTHBRUSH HANDLE, AND ORAL CLEANING DEVICE | PARSLEY, DAVID J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1713 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| 2178 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19004232 | ORAL NURSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | 1713 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2024 |
| 18963774 | DRIVE UNIT FOR ORAL CLEANING, TOOTHBRUSH HANDLE, AND ORAL CLEANING DEVICE | PARSLEY, DAVID J | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 |
| 18149968 | PERSONAL CARE DEVICE | POSIGIAN, DAVID S. | 3700 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 120d overdue | Pending | Jan 04, 2023 |
| 17777223 | SHAVING HEAD ASSEMBLY, HANDLE ASSEMBLY AND INDUCTIVE SHAVER | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 2178 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 357d overdue | Pending | May 16, 2022 |
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