Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
ThermaSat Inc. is currently managing a patent portfolio that includes 1 pending office action. This single active matter represents the entirety of the company's current pending workload at the patent office. The data identifies 0 distinct art units for this portfolio, which indicates that the pending matter is not currently associated with a specific technical division in the provided records.
The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner, creating a focused point of contact for the applicant. ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R is the busiest examiner for ThermaSat Inc., currently overseeing 1 pending office action. As the only examiner identified, the progress of the portfolio depends on the specific interpretations and procedural requirements established by this single individual.
For practitioners, the presence of 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner means that the prosecution strategy is focused on a single set of legal and technical issues. There are no other active matters to provide alternative pathways or broader context within the agency. Success in this instance requires a direct response to the feedback provided by ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R in the 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | 1 | 48.9% | +19.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18500613 | THERMASAT INSULATION BASED ISOLATION METHOD | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18500613 | THERMASAT INSULATION BASED ISOLATION METHOD | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18500613 | THERMASAT INSULATION BASED ISOLATION METHOD | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
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