Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
VISIONGATE, INC. currently has 1 pending office action. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution involves the distinct examiner DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART. The busiest examiner is responsible for the pending office action. With the active examiner and the pending action, the current prosecution footprint is consolidated.
The alignment of the pending action within the art unit suggests a focused technical review. Practitioners can concentrate their efforts on the specific preferences of DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART. This consolidated prosecution environment simplifies the management of the portfolio. The absence of multiple pending matters reduces the need for complex coordination across different USPTO divisions. The current activity is entirely contained within the interaction between the company and the identified examiner. The role of DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART is central to the current patenting strategy for the organization.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART | 1 | 32.0% | +20.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18223979 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION AND MONITORING OF DYSPLASIA AND ADMINISTRATION OF IMMUNOTHERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY | DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART | 27d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18223979 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION AND MONITORING OF DYSPLASIA AND ADMINISTRATION OF IMMUNOTHERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY | DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART | 27d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3991 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18223979 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION AND MONITORING OF DYSPLASIA AND ADMINISTRATION OF IMMUNOTHERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY | DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART | 3991 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
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