Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Thatch Health Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single active matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE, who is also identified as the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending case. The concentration of the portfolio is further evidenced by its presence in only 1 distinct art unit. This singular focus suggests that the company's current patent strategy is highly localized within a specific technical niche of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
The alignment of the 1 pending office action with the 1 distinct examiner creates a streamlined but concentrated prosecution environment. Because WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE is responsible for the 1 busiest examiner pending case, the outcome of this specific interaction will determine the immediate progress of the company's patent interests. Practitioners should note that with the 1 distinct art unit involved, there is no diversification of examiner perspectives across different USPTO divisions. This lack of variety means that the prosecution success for Thatch Health Inc. is entirely dependent on the requirements and tendencies of the assigned personnel.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONG, FONYA M | 1 | 3.4% | +0.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18434776 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING HEALTHCARE TRANSACTIONS | LONG, FONYA M | 41d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3682 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18434776 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING HEALTHCARE TRANSACTIONS | LONG, FONYA M | 3682 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
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