Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Skip Innovations Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Both of these actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a focused technical area for their mechanical-related intellectual property. The prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners, meaning each of the pending actions is being reviewed by a different individual. The concentration in the art unit suggests that the company's innovations are being evaluated within a specialized group at the patent office.
KRIS HANYU GONG is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. Since there are 2 pending actions and the distinct examiners, the workload is evenly split among the involved personnel. Practitioners should note that the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector requires specific technical expertise, which is currently being applied by the examiners. The presence of the pending action with the busiest examiner reflects the small scale of the current portfolio. With the pending office actions, the company maintains a highly targeted prosecution strategy. The involvement of the distinct examiners ensures that the company receives feedback from multiple perspectives within the same art unit. By focusing its efforts in 1 distinct art unit, Skip Innovations Inc. may benefit from a more consistent examination environment.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GONG, KRIS HANYU | 1 | 25.7% | +47.7% |
| PATEL, AREN | 1 | 77.6% | +17.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19175257 | EXOSUIT WITH AXIAL FLUX ELECTROMAGNETIC MOTORS | GONG, KRIS HANYU | — |
| 18414725 | FLEXIBLE EXOSUIT FOR ASSISTIVE MOBILITY | PATEL, AREN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19175257 | EXOSUIT WITH AXIAL FLUX ELECTROMAGNETIC MOTORS | GONG, KRIS HANYU | — |
| 18414725 | FLEXIBLE EXOSUIT FOR ASSISTIVE MOBILITY | PATEL, AREN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19175257 | EXOSUIT WITH AXIAL FLUX ELECTROMAGNETIC MOTORS | GONG, KRIS HANYU | 3700 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 18414725 | FLEXIBLE EXOSUIT FOR ASSISTIVE MOBILITY | PATEL, AREN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
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