Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sleep Solutions Of Texas LLC is currently managing 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 pending office actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, which indicates that each active case is being evaluated by a different individual. This distribution means that the company prosecution experience is not concentrated under 1 official.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is NELSON, KERI JESSICA, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since the total of 3 pending office actions is spread across 3 distinct examiners, NELSON, KERI JESSICA handles a portion of the workload that is equal to the other examiners involved. This creates a decentralized prosecution environment where the company must address the specific feedback of 3 different people.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units means that the technical review is conducted across different specialized groups at the patent office. With 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the company must navigate various procedural preferences and technical standards. The company must tailor its responses to the specific requirements of the 2 distinct art units involved in the prosecution of these cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NELSON, KERI JESSICA | 1 | 58.5% | +41.2% |
| FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 1 | 40.5% | +38.1% |
| NELSON, CHRISTINE L | 1 | 62.7% | +33.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19532606 | DYNAMIC MANDIBULAR AND LINGUAL REPOSITIONING DEVICES, CONTROLLER STATION, AND METHODS OF TREATING AND/OR DIAGNOSING MEDICAL DISORDERS | NELSON, KERI JESSICA | — |
| 17098355 | MAXILLARY AND MANDIBULAR DEVICES, CONTROLLER STATION, AND METHODS OF TREATING AND/OR DIAGNOSING MEDICAL DISORDERS | NELSON, CHRISTINE L | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18329879 | MANDIBULAR REPOSITIONING DEVICE WITH LINGUAL FLANGE | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 7d |
| 19532606 | DYNAMIC MANDIBULAR AND LINGUAL REPOSITIONING DEVICES, CONTROLLER STATION, AND METHODS OF TREATING AND/OR DIAGNOSING MEDICAL DISORDERS | NELSON, KERI JESSICA | — |
| 17098355 | MAXILLARY AND MANDIBULAR DEVICES, CONTROLLER STATION, AND METHODS OF TREATING AND/OR DIAGNOSING MEDICAL DISORDERS | NELSON, CHRISTINE L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 2 |
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19532606 | DYNAMIC MANDIBULAR AND LINGUAL REPOSITIONING DEVICES, CONTROLLER STATION, AND METHODS OF TREATING AND/OR DIAGNOSING MEDICAL DISORDERS | NELSON, KERI JESSICA | 3786 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2026 |
| 18329879 | MANDIBULAR REPOSITIONING DEVICE WITH LINGUAL FLANGE | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 3786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 17098355 | MAXILLARY AND MANDIBULAR DEVICES, CONTROLLER STATION, AND METHODS OF TREATING AND/OR DIAGNOSING MEDICAL DISORDERS | NELSON, CHRISTINE L | 3772 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2020 |
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