Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 2 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aita Bio Inc. has 13 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are primarily focused within 2 distinct art units, which suggests a concentrated technical direction for the company's recent innovations. The portfolio is reviewed by 9 distinct examiners, requiring the company to navigate several different examination styles.
PONTON, JAMES D is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 3 pending actions. This examiner manages a significant portion of the 13 total actions, making their specific feedback particularly influential for the portfolio's success. The remaining actions are distributed among the other 9 examiners, indicating a mix of concentrated and decentralized prosecution efforts across the 2 art units. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of PONTON, JAMES D to secure a large portion of the 3 pending matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 (7%) |
| §103 only | 1 (7%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (21%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PONTON, JAMES D | 4 | 79.9% | +32.7% |
| THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | 2 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| DARB, HAMZA A. | 2 | 74.4% | +30.9% |
| SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE | 1 | 58.8% | +71.3% |
| AHMED, TASNIM M | 1 | 81.1% | +5.2% |
| MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH | 1 | 68.8% | +40.2% |
| BOSWORTH, KAMI A | 1 | 69.1% | +28.7% |
| RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM | 1 | 32.3% | +55.7% |
| GONZALEZ, LEI NMN | 1 | 42.9% | +51.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17783237 | FLOWRATE CONTROL FOR SELF-PRESSURIZED RESERVOIR OF A DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICATION | GONZALEZ, LEI NMN | 113d overdue |
| 19296045 | DEVICE FOR DELIVERING INSULIN HAVING FILM AND TOP ENCLOSURE DEFINING RESERVOIR | SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE | — |
| 18834018 | MEMS MICROPUMP WITH PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE IN UNACTUATED STATE THAT REMAINS CLOSED FOLLOWING MICROPUMP POWER LOSS | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | — |
| 18772138 | DETACHABLE ACTIVATION MECHANISM AND NEEDLE CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR INSERTING INFUSION NEEDLE AND CGM SENSOR | PONTON, JAMES D | — |
| 18724106 | PRESSURE SENSOR FOR A DEVICE FOR DELIVERING INSULIN TO A USER | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | — |
| 18724087 | DETACHABLE ACTIVATION MECHANISM AND CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR INSERTING DUAL INTRODUCER NEEDLES | PONTON, JAMES D | — |
| 18711760 | MEMS MICROPUMP WITH MULTI-CHAMBER CAVITY FOR A DEVICE FOR DELIVERING INSULIN | AHMED, TASNIM M | — |
| 18697916 | DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICAMENT WITH INTEGRATED INFUSION CATHETER AND CONTINOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR SENSOR ASSEMBLY | MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17783237 | FLOWRATE CONTROL FOR SELF-PRESSURIZED RESERVOIR OF A DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICATION | GONZALEZ, LEI NMN | 113d overdue |
| 17792137 | DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICATION WITH INTEGRATED INTERPOSER AND MICROPUMP | RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM | 71d overdue |
| 17768401 | DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICATION TO A PATIENT | DARB, HAMZA A. | 49d overdue |
| 18274135 | MICROPUMP WITH INTEGRATED PIEZOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROVIDING VALVE AND PUMP FUNCTIONALITY | BOSWORTH, KAMI A | 44d overdue |
| 19296045 | DEVICE FOR DELIVERING INSULIN HAVING FILM AND TOP ENCLOSURE DEFINING RESERVOIR | SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE | — |
| 18772140 | DETACHABLE ACTIVATION MECHANISM AND NEEDLE CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR INSERTING INFUSION NEEDLE AND CGM SENSOR | PONTON, JAMES D | — |
| 18772138 | DETACHABLE ACTIVATION MECHANISM AND NEEDLE CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR INSERTING INFUSION NEEDLE AND CGM SENSOR | PONTON, JAMES D | — |
| 18724087 | DETACHABLE ACTIVATION MECHANISM AND CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR INSERTING DUAL INTRODUCER NEEDLES | PONTON, JAMES D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 5 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19296045 | DEVICE FOR DELIVERING INSULIN HAVING FILM AND TOP ENCLOSURE DEFINING RESERVOIR | SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE | 3741 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 18834018 | MEMS MICROPUMP WITH PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE IN UNACTUATED STATE THAT REMAINS CLOSED FOLLOWING MICROPUMP POWER LOSS | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18772140 | DETACHABLE ACTIVATION MECHANISM AND NEEDLE CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR INSERTING INFUSION NEEDLE AND CGM SENSOR | PONTON, JAMES D | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2024 |
| 18772138 | DETACHABLE ACTIVATION MECHANISM AND NEEDLE CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR INSERTING INFUSION NEEDLE AND CGM SENSOR | PONTON, JAMES D | — | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2024 |
| 18724106 | PRESSURE SENSOR FOR A DEVICE FOR DELIVERING INSULIN TO A USER | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18724087 | DETACHABLE ACTIVATION MECHANISM AND CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR INSERTING DUAL INTRODUCER NEEDLES | PONTON, JAMES D | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18724048 | DETACHABLE ACTIVATION MECHANISM AND NEEDLE CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR INSERTING INFUSION NEEDLE AND CGM SENSOR | PONTON, JAMES D | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18711760 | MEMS MICROPUMP WITH MULTI-CHAMBER CAVITY FOR A DEVICE FOR DELIVERING INSULIN | AHMED, TASNIM M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18697916 | DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICAMENT WITH INTEGRATED INFUSION CATHETER AND CONTINOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR SENSOR ASSEMBLY | MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18274135 | MICROPUMP WITH INTEGRATED PIEZOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROVIDING VALVE AND PUMP FUNCTIONALITY | BOSWORTH, KAMI A | 3783 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 17792137 | DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICATION WITH INTEGRATED INTERPOSER AND MICROPUMP | RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM | 3783 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 71d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2022 |
| 17783237 | FLOWRATE CONTROL FOR SELF-PRESSURIZED RESERVOIR OF A DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICATION | GONZALEZ, LEI NMN | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 113d overdue | Pending | Jun 07, 2022 |
| 17768401 | DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICATION TO A PATIENT | DARB, HAMZA A. | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Apr 12, 2022 |
| 17768368 | DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICATION TO A PATIENT | DARB, HAMZA A. | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2022 |
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