Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 2 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Advanced Bionics AG manages 10 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are concentrated within 2 distinct art units, suggesting a focused technical scope for the company's current prosecution efforts despite the volume of filings. Having 10 pending office actions across only 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's technology frequently falls into specific examination categories.
The portfolio involves 10 distinct examiners, meaning each of the 10 pending office actions is assigned to a different official. JOSEPH M DIETRICH is the busiest examiner, though they are responsible for only 1 pending office action. This high number of 10 distinct examiners relative to the 2 distinct art units indicates that while the technology is concentrated, the company must navigate many different examiner perspectives. Practitioners should note that even within the 2 distinct art units, there is no examiner overlap, requiring unique strategies for each of the 10 pending office actions. Success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector will require managing 10 separate examiner relationships.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (11%) |
| §103 only | 3 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 1 | 80.8% | +8.6% |
| EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 1 | 70.4% | +34.9% |
| BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 1 | 34.0% | +33.2% |
| FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR | 1 | 27.8% | +40.4% |
| HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 1 | 27.3% | +33.9% |
| WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 1 | 68.0% | +28.7% |
| PORTER, JR, GARY A | 1 | 68.8% | +25.2% |
| SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 1 | 83.8% | +8.1% |
| WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | 1 | 55.6% | +46.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18986129 | SCALAR TRANSLOCATION DETECTION FOR AN ELECTRODE LEAD OF A COCHLEAR IMPLANT SYSTEM | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | — |
| 18718210 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COCHLEAR TRAUMA MANAGEMENT DURING AN ELECTRODE LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17853281 | HEARING PROSTHESIS SYSTEM | FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR | 12d |
| 17870353 | ELECTRODE LOCATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE DURING A COCHLEAR IMPLANT LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 21d |
| 18787093 | A COCHLEAR IMPLANT SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH A SKIN FLAP OF A RECIPIENT | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | — |
| 18738593 | CASE FOR USE IN IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEMS AND IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEM EXTERNAL COMPONENT INCLUDING THE SAME | PORTER, JR, GARY A | — |
| 18622075 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING STIMULUS FREQUENCIES TO USE DURING A LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718422 | COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 3d overdue |
| 17853281 | HEARING PROSTHESIS SYSTEM | FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR | 12d |
| 17870353 | ELECTRODE LOCATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE DURING A COCHLEAR IMPLANT LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 21d |
| 18678686 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE DURING A PROCEDURE ASSOCIATED WITH A COCHLEAR IMPLANT | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | — |
| 18787093 | A COCHLEAR IMPLANT SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH A SKIN FLAP OF A RECIPIENT | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | — |
| 18738593 | CASE FOR USE IN IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEMS AND IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEM EXTERNAL COMPONENT INCLUDING THE SAME | PORTER, JR, GARY A | — |
| 18622075 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING STIMULUS FREQUENCIES TO USE DURING A LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 5 |
| 3792 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18986129 | SCALAR TRANSLOCATION DETECTION FOR AN ELECTRODE LEAD OF A COCHLEAR IMPLANT SYSTEM | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18678686 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE DURING A PROCEDURE ASSOCIATED WITH A COCHLEAR IMPLANT | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 17870353 | ELECTRODE LOCATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE DURING A COCHLEAR IMPLANT LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 3796 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Jul 21, 2022 |
| 17853281 | HEARING PROSTHESIS SYSTEM | FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jun 29, 2022 |
| 18787093 | A COCHLEAR IMPLANT SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH A SKIN FLAP OF A RECIPIENT | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 3796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18718422 | COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18738593 | CASE FOR USE IN IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEMS AND IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEM EXTERNAL COMPONENT INCLUDING THE SAME | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 3796 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18718210 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COCHLEAR TRAUMA MANAGEMENT DURING AN ELECTRODE LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18622075 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING STIMULUS FREQUENCIES TO USE DURING A LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | 3792 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
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