Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Vapocoolshot Inc.

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Vapocoolshot Inc. has 3 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 2 examiners within 1 art unit, concentrating the portfolio by art unit while retaining examiner variation.

DANIEL, ANTARIUS S is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel can coordinate those matters before the busiest examiner while addressing the other examiner separately.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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
DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 2 52.0% +14.4%
BOSWORTH, KAMI A 1 69.1% +28.6%

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
17537424 APPARATUS FOR APPLYING AN ENDOTHERMIC VAPOR TO SKIN AS AN ANESTHETIC DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 44d overdue
18470243 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING AN ANESTHETIC AND BACTERICIDE BOSWORTH, KAMI A 22d overdue
18059652 ENDOTHERMIC VAPOR AND ANTIMICROBIAL SKIN ANESTHETIC AND APPARATUS FOR APPLICATION DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 28d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 3

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18470243 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING AN ANESTHETIC AND BACTERICIDE BOSWORTH, KAMI A 3783 §103Other Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2023
18059652 ENDOTHERMIC VAPOR AND ANTIMICROBIAL SKIN ANESTHETIC AND APPARATUS FOR APPLICATION DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 29, 2022
17537424 APPARATUS FOR APPLYING AN ENDOTHERMIC VAPOR TO SKIN AS AN ANESTHETIC DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 3783 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Vapocoolshot Inc. have?

Vapocoolshot Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Vapocoolshot Inc. applications?

Antarius S Daniel has the most, with 2 of Vapocoolshot Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Vapocoolshot Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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