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
The Bill Sims Company Inc. has 1 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This prosecution is located within 1 distinct art units, reflecting a specific technical focus for the company's mechanical filings. The company is working with 1 distinct examiners, which means all current feedback is centralized with this reviewer. This concentration simplifies the management of the portfolio as there are no competing examiner requirements.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is HONG, THOMAS J, who is currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there is only 1 pending office actions total, this examiner is the sole point of contact for the company's active prosecution. Practitioners should note that with 1 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art units, the prosecution path is very direct. The resolution of the applications in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector depends on meeting the specific requirements of this individual. This engagement is the key factor in the company's current patenting efforts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HONG, THOMAS J | 1 | 50.2% | +47.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18318703 | METHOD FOR TRIGGERING CARD CREATION AND USING ANALYSIS OF AGGREGATE CARD SUBMISSION DATA TO GENERATE A DYNAMIC SUPERVISOR COMPLIANCE DASHBOARD | HONG, THOMAS J | 196d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18318703 | METHOD FOR TRIGGERING CARD CREATION AND USING ANALYSIS OF AGGREGATE CARD SUBMISSION DATA TO GENERATE A DYNAMIC SUPERVISOR COMPLIANCE DASHBOARD | HONG, THOMAS J | 196d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3729 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18318703 | METHOD FOR TRIGGERING CARD CREATION AND USING ANALYSIS OF AGGREGATE CARD SUBMISSION DATA TO GENERATE A DYNAMIC SUPERVISOR COMPLIANCE DASHBOARD | HONG, THOMAS J | 3729 | §101§102§112Other | Non-Final OA | 196d overdue | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
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