Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Third Pole, Inc.

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
3
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN 1 57.5% +60.6%
LEE, JOHN 1 26.5% +25.0%
ELLABIB, MAAP AHMED 1 66.2% +38.8%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17819582 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING NITRIC OXIDE USING MICROWAVE ENERGY LEE, JOHN

Interview Candidates (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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18500770 Architectures for Production of Nitric Oxide BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN
17819582 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING NITRIC OXIDE USING MICROWAVE ENERGY LEE, JOHN
17693279 Systems and Methods for Nitric Oxide Generation and Delivery ELLABIB, MAAP AHMED

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3785 2
1794 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18500770 Architectures for Production of Nitric Oxide BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN 3785 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 02, 2023
17819582 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING NITRIC OXIDE USING MICROWAVE ENERGY LEE, JOHN 1794 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 12, 2022
17693279 Systems and Methods for Nitric Oxide Generation and Delivery ELLABIB, MAAP AHMED 3785 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 11, 2022

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