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
Snap Cpap LLC is managing 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners but are both located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that while the technical focus is concentrated, the company must navigate the perspectives of two different individuals.
LUARCA, MARGARET M is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action. This means the 2 pending office actions are split between the distinct examiners. Practitioners should monitor both examiners within the distinct art unit to ensure a consistent approach to the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings.
The presence of 2 distinct examiners for the pending office actions suggests that the company's prosecution is not dependent on a single reviewer. However, the concentration in 1 distinct art unit implies a narrow technical scope for the current filings. Successfully resolving the 1 pending office action with the busiest examiner while addressing the other case will require a detailed understanding of the single art unit's standards.
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 (50%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUARCA, MARGARET M | 1 | 74.3% | +18.7% |
| HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA | 1 | 67.3% | +37.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18425369 | RESPIRATORY ASSEMBLY | LUARCA, MARGARET M | — |
| 18159155 | SELECTIVELY ACCESSIBLE MOUTH CLOSURE MASK | HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18425369 | RESPIRATORY ASSEMBLY | LUARCA, MARGARET M | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18159155 | SELECTIVELY ACCESSIBLE MOUTH CLOSURE MASK | HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2023 |
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