Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zerene Inc. has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Unlike many portfolios, these 2 actions are assigned to only 1 distinct examiner. This examiner, FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS, is also the busiest examiner, as she is responsible for both of the 2 pending office actions. The entire portfolio of pending matters is located within 1 distinct art unit, creating a highly concentrated prosecution environment.
Because FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS manages 2 pending office actions, her specific preferences and past rulings will be the determining factor for the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering portfolio. Practitioners have the advantage of dealing with only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, allowing for a very consistent response strategy. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit further simplifies the administrative and technical hurdles. The success of the 2 pending office actions depends entirely on the interactions with this single examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 2 | 40.5% | +38.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18438314 | MOUTHPIECE FOR TREATING MEDICAL CONDITION(S) AND/OR SLEEP MONITORING | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 10d overdue |
| 18438289 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS INVOLVING A MOUTHPIECE FOR TREATING MEDICAL CONDITION(S) AND/OR SLEEP MONITORING | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 22d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18438314 | MOUTHPIECE FOR TREATING MEDICAL CONDITION(S) AND/OR SLEEP MONITORING | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 10d overdue |
| 18438289 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS INVOLVING A MOUTHPIECE FOR TREATING MEDICAL CONDITION(S) AND/OR SLEEP MONITORING | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 22d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18438314 | MOUTHPIECE FOR TREATING MEDICAL CONDITION(S) AND/OR SLEEP MONITORING | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 3786 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18438289 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS INVOLVING A MOUTHPIECE FOR TREATING MEDICAL CONDITION(S) AND/OR SLEEP MONITORING | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 3786 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
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