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
The patent portfolio for Yu Lu is situated within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Current data indicates 1 pending office action for the portfolio. This activity is confined to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a focus in the current prosecution cycle. This distribution suggests that the company's current intellectual property strategy is centered on a specific mechanical or medical innovation. The concentration of work with 1 distinct examiner simplifies the monitoring of the portfolio's progress.
CHRISTOPHER SCOTT ARSENAULT serves as the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This figure matches the total of 1 pending office action for the entire portfolio. The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the pending matter falls under a specific technical classification within the broader Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. Because there is 1 distinct examiner, the prosecution process is currently streamlined through a specific individual. This structure provides a clear path for managing the company's current patenting activities.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARSENAULT, CHRISTOPHER SCOTT | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17950111 | STOVE STRUCTURE WITH LIFT-OFF LID | ARSENAULT, CHRISTOPHER SCOTT | 189d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17950111 | STOVE STRUCTURE WITH LIFT-OFF LID | ARSENAULT, CHRISTOPHER SCOTT | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | 189d overdue | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
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