Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Therma-Stor LLC has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to BAUER, CASSEY D, who is the only examiner currently active for the portfolio. The presence of a distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit indicates a concentrated prosecution effort for this matter.
The pending office action is situated within the distinct art unit. This means the company's current mechanical engineering intellectual property is being evaluated by a single technical division. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination trends and prior art interpretations common within this administrative group to navigate the prosecution of the filing.
BAUER, CASSEY D is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with the pending office action. Since this individual is the only examiner involved, the outcome of the company's current prosecution depends entirely on this review. Legal teams should prioritize understanding the specific preferences and past decisions of BAUER, CASSEY D to effectively address the matter in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | 1 | 48.9% | +19.2% |
| BAUER, CASSEY D | 1 | 74.7% | +16.3% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19050230 | ENERGY RECOVERY VENTILATION UNIT WITH A DEHUMIDIFICATION SYSTEM | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| 18893840 | HEAT MODULATION DEHUMIDIFICATION SYSTEM | BAUER, CASSEY D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19050230 | ENERGY RECOVERY VENTILATION UNIT WITH A DEHUMIDIFICATION SYSTEM | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 18893840 | HEAT MODULATION DEHUMIDIFICATION SYSTEM | BAUER, CASSEY D | 3763 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
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