Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Storage Drop Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, COMINGS, DANIEL C, in 1 distinct art unit. COMINGS, DANIEL C is the busiest examiner for this entity with 1 pending action.
The portfolio shows a singular focus in its active prosecution, as all activity is contained within 1 distinct art unit. The 1 pending office action represents the entire current workload for the applicant. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination style of COMINGS, DANIEL C, who is the only examiner currently reviewing the company's work. This presence of 1 pending action and 1 distinct examiner simplifies the management of the active portfolio. The 1 pending office action is the only hurdle currently standing between the applicant and potential allowance in this technology area. By concentrating on 1 distinct examiner, the applicant can develop a more consistent rapport during the prosecution process.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMINGS, DANIEL C | 1 | 63.9% | +36.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18275725 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSING, STORING, AND EXPANDING REFRIGERANT IN ORDER TO SUPPLY LOW-COST AIR CONDITIONING | COMINGS, DANIEL C | 71d overdue |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18275725 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSING, STORING, AND EXPANDING REFRIGERANT IN ORDER TO SUPPLY LOW-COST AIR CONDITIONING | COMINGS, DANIEL C | 71d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18275725 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSING, STORING, AND EXPANDING REFRIGERANT IN ORDER TO SUPPLY LOW-COST AIR CONDITIONING | COMINGS, DANIEL C | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 71d overdue | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
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