Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
TOKIWA Corporation is currently navigating the patent prosecution process within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The company's portfolio activity is focused, with 1 pending office action recorded. This indicates a streamlined approach to their current intellectual property filings, with no other active disputes at this time, which may simplify their overall management of patent assets.
The prosecution is concentrated under a distinct examiner and within a distinct art unit. This level of focus suggests that the company's current technical innovations are being reviewed by a specific group within the patent office. PROSSER, ALISSA J is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since this examiner is the only individual currently handling the company's pending work, the prosecution strategy must be tailored to the examination patterns and requirements of this official to ensure a smooth path toward patent issuance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 1 | 33.3% | +58.8% |
| PROSSER, ALISSA J | 1 | 15.7% | +11.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18955128 | COSMETIC CONTAINER | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 19d overdue |
| 18460285 | STICK-SHAPED COSMETIC MATERIAL | PROSSER, ALISSA J | 8d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18955128 | COSMETIC CONTAINER | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 19d overdue |
| 18460285 | STICK-SHAPED COSMETIC MATERIAL | PROSSER, ALISSA J | 8d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3799 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18955128 | COSMETIC CONTAINER | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18460285 | STICK-SHAPED COSMETIC MATERIAL | PROSSER, ALISSA J | 1619 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
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