Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
WiTricity Corporation currently manages 2 pending office actions assigned to 2 distinct examiners. Both of these actions are located within 1 distinct art unit. KENNETH WHITTINGTON is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 of the pending office actions.
The concentration of both pending actions in 1 art unit suggests that the company's active applications are technically related. However, because there are 2 distinct examiners, the company must still tailor its arguments to two different individuals. The presence of 2 pending actions indicates a focused prosecution effort at this time. Managing 2 pending actions within a single art unit allows the company to develop a deep understanding of that specific unit's examination trends and internal policies. This focused approach can lead to more efficient prosecution outcomes compared to portfolios spread across multiple technical divisions. The concentration of the portfolio under 1 art unit allows for a highly specific and targeted legal approach.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITTINGTON, KENNETH | 1 | 70.8% | -15.9% |
| FINCH III, FRED E | 1 | 80.2% | +17.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18486830 | MULTI-LEVEL INVERTER FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION | FINCH III, FRED E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18486830 | MULTI-LEVEL INVERTER FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION | FINCH III, FRED E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3992 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19272567 | FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTION IN WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEMS | WHITTINGTON, KENNETH | 3992 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 36d | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 18486830 | MULTI-LEVEL INVERTER FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION | FINCH III, FRED E | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
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