Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zhejiang Jinko Energy Storage Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 pending office actions are all located in 1 distinct art unit. The cases are distributed among 3 distinct examiners.
RODAK, LEE E is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit indicates a specific technical focus for the current 3 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RODAK, LEE E | 1 | 72.2% | +34.1% |
| MANDEVILLE, JASON M | 1 | 55.4% | +46.1% |
| RUPPERT, ERIC S | 1 | 59.8% | +24.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18949503 | FORMATION CAPACITY-GRADING APPARATUS AND PROBE SET DETECTION METHOD | RODAK, LEE E | — |
| 18902851 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE | RUPPERT, ERIC S | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18949503 | FORMATION CAPACITY-GRADING APPARATUS AND PROBE SET DETECTION METHOD | RODAK, LEE E | — |
| 18923592 | ENERGY STORAGE CONVERTER | MANDEVILLE, JASON M | — |
| 18902851 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE | RUPPERT, ERIC S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18949503 | FORMATION CAPACITY-GRADING APPARATUS AND PROBE SET DETECTION METHOD | RODAK, LEE E | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18923592 | ENERGY STORAGE CONVERTER | MANDEVILLE, JASON M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18902851 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE | RUPPERT, ERIC S | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
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