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
Therma-Hexx Corporation manages a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio currently has 1 pending office action. This activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting the company's technical focus. The emphasis on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering suggests that the company's current research is centered on mechanical systems or thermal engineering solutions.
The company's prosecution involves a distinct examiner. ARANT, HARRY E is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This examiner is currently managing the pending office action. The presence of a single examiner and 1 distinct art unit for the pending workload indicates a focused examination process for the company's current applications. This centralized arrangement can facilitate a more direct dialogue with ARANT, HARRY E, potentially streamlining the path toward resolution for the 1 pending office action. The involvement of a single distinct examiner ensures that the prosecution strategy remains consistent across the active portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARANT, HARRY E | 1 | 49.6% | +21.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18568754 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTERIOR RADIATIVE HEATING/COOLING | ARANT, HARRY E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18568754 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTERIOR RADIATIVE HEATING/COOLING | ARANT, HARRY E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18568754 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTERIOR RADIATIVE HEATING/COOLING | ARANT, HARRY E | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
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