Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Skincoach Inc.

Technology area: Communications

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Skincoach Inc. has 1 pending office action in Communications. The matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a narrowly focused prosecution path. HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter.

The profile supports a single-context review of the communications subject matter and the outstanding action. No additional examiner or art-unit assignments are recorded, so counsel can keep claim amendments and technical arguments within one coordinated strategy. The response should clarify the claimed communication functionality while addressing the identified examiner’s issues.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
100% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN 1 67.3% +40.5%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17766251 DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF DERMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2667 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17766251 DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF DERMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN 2667 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Skincoach Inc. have?

Skincoach Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Skincoach Inc. applications?

Nicholas John Helco has the most, with 1 of Skincoach Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Skincoach Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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