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
Aimwell Holding Pty Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This case is assigned to ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D, who is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. The portfolio's current activity is restricted to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The presence of 1 pending office action total suggests a focused approach to intellectual property in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
Because the portfolio is handled by only 1 distinct examiner, ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D, the applicant can dedicate its resources to resolving the specific issues raised in this single matter. This concentration within 1 distinct art unit indicates that the company's current innovations are being evaluated within a narrow technical scope. This centralized workload allows for a targeted prosecution approach that minimizes the need for broad administrative oversight. Practitioners should focus on the specific technical standards of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area to address the examiner's concerns. The resolution of this matter is critical for the company's patent landscape, as it represents the only active prosecution path at this time. This focused approach ensures that all legal and technical resources are directed toward a single, high-priority goal, potentially leading to a more efficient path to allowance.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D | 1 | 48.3% | +53.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18256393 | GENERIC MODULAR RESPIRATOR | ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D | 34d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18256393 | GENERIC MODULAR RESPIRATOR | ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D | 34d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18256393 | GENERIC MODULAR RESPIRATOR | ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
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