Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Pokémon Company has 6 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are concentrated in 2 distinct art units, suggesting a focused technical scope despite the volume of actions. A total of 5 distinct examiners are assigned to these cases, indicating some overlap in personnel across the 6 pending office actions. This concentration in 2 distinct art units may allow for a more unified prosecution strategy compared to portfolios spread across more units.
GILLS, KURTIS is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 2 pending office actions. This leaves the remaining workload to be handled by the other 5 distinct examiners. With the pending office actions in total, the company must manage multiple deadlines within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. The fact that GILLS, KURTIS oversees 2 pending office actions suggests that this examiner has a more significant influence on the portfolio than the other examiners.
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 only | 1 (17%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (67%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILLS, KURTIS | 2 | 57.9% | +29.2% |
| DOSHI, ANKIT B | 1 | 67.0% | +22.3% |
| LEICHLITER, CHASE E | 1 | 64.5% | +23.3% |
| THOMAS, ERIC M | 1 | 69.9% | +14.7% |
| ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN | 1 | 51.7% | +39.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19188043 | PROGRAM, METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | GILLS, KURTIS | — |
| 19186641 | PROGRAM, METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | GILLS, KURTIS | — |
| 19050133 | GAMIFICATION OF HEALTH AWARENESS BASED ON A WAKE-UP TIME | DOSHI, ANKIT B | — |
| 18442516 | STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM AND GAME CONTROL METHOD | LEICHLITER, CHASE E | — |
| 18533204 | GAME SYSTEM, GAME METHOD, GAME PROGRAM, AND GAME SERVER | THOMAS, ERIC M | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19188043 | PROGRAM, METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | GILLS, KURTIS | — |
| 19186641 | PROGRAM, METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | GILLS, KURTIS | — |
| 19050133 | GAMIFICATION OF HEALTH AWARENESS BASED ON A WAKE-UP TIME | DOSHI, ANKIT B | — |
| 18442516 | STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM AND GAME CONTROL METHOD | LEICHLITER, CHASE E | — |
| 18533204 | GAME SYSTEM, GAME METHOD, GAME PROGRAM, AND GAME SERVER | THOMAS, ERIC M | — |
| 18078108 | WALKING SUPPORT SYSTEM, WALKING SUPPORT METHOD, AND WALKING SUPPORT PROGRAM | ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 2 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19188043 | PROGRAM, METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | GILLS, KURTIS | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19186641 | PROGRAM, METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | GILLS, KURTIS | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19050133 | GAMIFICATION OF HEALTH AWARENESS BASED ON A WAKE-UP TIME | DOSHI, ANKIT B | — | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 18442516 | STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM AND GAME CONTROL METHOD | LEICHLITER, CHASE E | 3715 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18533204 | GAME SYSTEM, GAME METHOD, GAME PROGRAM, AND GAME SERVER | THOMAS, ERIC M | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18078108 | WALKING SUPPORT SYSTEM, WALKING SUPPORT METHOD, AND WALKING SUPPORT PROGRAM | ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN | 3662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2022 |
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