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
Thrival LLC is engaged in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, with 1 pending office action currently on record. This activity is contained within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a specific mechanical or medical device focus for the company's current patenting efforts. This focus indicates a strategic emphasis on a particular technical niche within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
The portfolio is being examined by 1 distinct examiner. DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN is the busiest examiner for Thrival LLC, handling 1 pending office action. This means that all current prosecution for the company is being handled by this individual. The use of 1 distinct examiner suggests a centralized review process where all communication is directed through this official, which simplifies the management of the portfolio.
The data reveals a focused prosecution profile with 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner. For practitioners, the fact that 1 distinct art unit is involved signifies a singular path for the company's current intellectual property development. Since DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN handles 1 pending office action, the outcome depends on this individual's interpretation of the claims.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN | 1 | 41.7% | +68.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17827450 | POWERED MASSAGE HEAD | DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17827450 | POWERED MASSAGE HEAD | DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17827450 | POWERED MASSAGE HEAD | DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN | 3700 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 27, 2022 |
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