Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Woodwelding AG is currently navigating the patent process within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio shows 2 pending office actions, indicating a multi-faceted engagement with the patent office. These actions are spread across 2 distinct art units, which suggests that the company's mechanical or transportation technologies span different regulatory or technical classifications. This diversification requires the legal team to manage multiple sets of technical guidelines simultaneously.
The prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners, providing a broader range of examiner perspectives than a more centralized portfolio. ADAMOS, THEODORE V is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 pending office action. This means the remaining pending action is handled by the other examiner in the portfolio, creating an even distribution of work across the identified staff. Such a spread can be advantageous as it prevents the entire portfolio from being subject to the potential biases of a single individual.
With 1 busiest examiner pending action, the workload is not concentrated on a single individual, potentially reducing the impact of any single examiner's specific tendencies on the overall portfolio. The use of 2 distinct art units further implies that the company is exploring different facets of its mechanical innovations. Practitioners should be prepared to adapt their arguments to the specific standards of both assigned examiners to ensure consistent progress across the portfolio.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 1 | 55.4% | +44.6% |
| KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 1 | 58.4% | +37.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18548606 | ANCHORING A DOWEL IN AN OBJECT | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 23d overdue |
| 17961081 | FENESTRATED BONE ANCHOR | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18548606 | ANCHORING A DOWEL IN AN OBJECT | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 23d overdue |
| 17961081 | FENESTRATED BONE ANCHOR | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 1 |
| 3775 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18548606 | ANCHORING A DOWEL IN AN OBJECT | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 3635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 17961081 | FENESTRATED BONE ANCHOR | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2022 |
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