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
Snaps Ventures Inc. has 2 pending office actions distributed across the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners, indicating a distributed workload relative to the 2 pending office actions. Despite having 2 distinct examiners, the portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN is identified as the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending action.
This distribution suggests that the 2 pending office actions are split among the examiners involved. For practitioners, the fact that 2 distinct examiners are working within 1 distinct art unit means that the company is receiving feedback from multiple individuals within the same specialized group at the patent office. This can provide a broader perspective on how that specific art unit interprets the technology in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. The management of 1 pending action by LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN prevents any single examiner from having total control over the company's current prosecution outcomes.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 1 | 75.4% | +26.5% |
| KIM, EUGENE LEE | 1 | 20.7% | +24.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18570864 | CAP WITH BALL MARKER HOLDER AND REMOVABLE BALL MARKER | KIM, EUGENE LEE | 12d |
| 18918676 | CAP WITH BALL MARKER HOLDER AND REMOVABLE BALL MARKER | LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18570864 | CAP WITH BALL MARKER HOLDER AND REMOVABLE BALL MARKER | KIM, EUGENE LEE | 12d |
| 18918676 | CAP WITH BALL MARKER HOLDER AND REMOVABLE BALL MARKER | LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18918676 | CAP WITH BALL MARKER HOLDER AND REMOVABLE BALL MARKER | LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18570864 | CAP WITH BALL MARKER HOLDER AND REMOVABLE BALL MARKER | KIM, EUGENE LEE | 3711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
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