Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
StimScience, Inc. is currently handling 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 5 actions are spread across distinct examiners, which means that pending matters are being reviewed by different individuals. This high ratio of examiners to actions suggests that the company must manage unique examination styles simultaneously. Such a distributed workload requires a highly individualized approach to each of the pending office actions.
The portfolio is distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating some level of technical grouping despite the variety of examiners. MARLEN, TAMMIE K is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Because each of the distinct examiners holds only a single pending office action, the workload is evenly dispersed. This distribution across 2 distinct art units means the company must be prepared to address different sets of examination guidelines within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 3 (60%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 1 | 75.2% | +21.0% |
| LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE | 1 | 28.6% | -33.3% |
| KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | 1 | 37.5% | +92.3% |
| ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M | 1 | 36.1% | +30.5% |
| MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 1 | 78.2% | +9.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18510486 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR SLEEP INTERVENTION QUALITY ASSESSMENT | ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M | 140d overdue |
| 18475672 | PERSONALIZED TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION | MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 26d |
| 18984984 | SYSTEM FOR VARIABLY CONFIGURABLE, ADAPTABLE ELECTRODE ARRAYS AND EFFECTUATING SOFTWARE | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | — |
| 18741742 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR BIOMARKER SHAPING AND SLEEP PROFILE ENHANCEMENT | LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE | — |
| 18429270 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR CUSTOM SLEEP IMPLEMENTATION | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18510486 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR SLEEP INTERVENTION QUALITY ASSESSMENT | ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M | 140d overdue |
| 18984984 | SYSTEM FOR VARIABLY CONFIGURABLE, ADAPTABLE ELECTRODE ARRAYS AND EFFECTUATING SOFTWARE | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | — |
| 18429270 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR CUSTOM SLEEP IMPLEMENTATION | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3687 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18984984 | SYSTEM FOR VARIABLY CONFIGURABLE, ADAPTABLE ELECTRODE ARRAYS AND EFFECTUATING SOFTWARE | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | — | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18741742 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR BIOMARKER SHAPING AND SLEEP PROFILE ENHANCEMENT | LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18429270 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR CUSTOM SLEEP IMPLEMENTATION | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | — | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18510486 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR SLEEP INTERVENTION QUALITY ASSESSMENT | ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M | 3687 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 140d overdue | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18475672 | PERSONALIZED TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION | MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 3792 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
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