Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wuhan Neuracom Technology Development Co. Ltd. is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently has 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, BAYS, PAMELA M. The prosecution is taking place within 1 distinct art unit, which aligns with the specialized nature of the medical and mechanical subject matter. Having only 1 pending office action suggests a very focused or early-stage portfolio.
BAYS, PAMELA M is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the entire active portfolio is under the review of a single individual. The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests a focused examination path for the company's technology. Practitioners can focus their strategy on the specific requirements of this 1 distinct art unit and the preferences of BAYS, PAMELA M. This distribution of examiners and art units simplifies the coordination of the prosecution strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYS, PAMELA M | 1 | 71.7% | +37.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18730326 | NEURAL INTERFACE SYSTEM | BAYS, PAMELA M | 29d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18730326 | NEURAL INTERFACE SYSTEM | BAYS, PAMELA M | 29d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18730326 | NEURAL INTERFACE SYSTEM | BAYS, PAMELA M | 3796 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
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