Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Zerobrush Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 pending office actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, with NG, DIEGO JESUS identified as the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The prosecution is organized within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that the 2 pending office actions are technically related.
With 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the portfolio requires two separate individual negotiations. The concentration of these 2 pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit means that the overarching technical guidelines will be consistent. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the 1 distinct art unit while tailoring responses to the 2 distinct examiners. The 1 busiest examiner pending action managed by NG, DIEGO JESUS represents a portion of the company's current workload in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NG, DIEGO JESUS | 1 | — | — |
| GRAHAM, ANDREW D | 1 | 59.7% | +22.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18920790 | CUSTOMIZED MOUTHPIECE AND DRIVE MECHANISM COUPLED VIA MULTIPLE CONNECTION POINTS | NG, DIEGO JESUS | — |
| 18431918 | Methods of Designing and Making Customized Dental Care Systems | GRAHAM, ANDREW D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18431918 | Methods of Designing and Making Customized Dental Care Systems | GRAHAM, ANDREW D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18920790 | CUSTOMIZED MOUTHPIECE AND DRIVE MECHANISM COUPLED VIA MULTIPLE CONNECTION POINTS | NG, DIEGO JESUS | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18431918 | Methods of Designing and Making Customized Dental Care Systems | GRAHAM, ANDREW D | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
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