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
Alleima GmbH currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a narrow focus for the portfolio's current patent office activity. The use of a single art unit implies that the technology being examined is specialized within the medical or mechanical fields. This focus allows for a highly specialized prosecution strategy that aligns with the specific technical requirements of the 1 distinct art unit. Practitioners can prioritize resources to address the specific technical niche identified by this art unit assignment.
DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE is the busiest examiner, responsible for the 1 pending office action. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution is centralized and straightforward to monitor. Practitioners can tailor their approach to the specific preferences of this examiner to address the 1 pending office action. Analyzing the examiner's history within this assigned unit can provide valuable insights into the likely progression of the case and help in crafting a more effective response to the pending action. This centralized approach ensures that all legal efforts are concentrated on the specific criteria established by the current examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 1 | 60.8% | +28.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18266813 | High pressure tube and method of manufacturing the same | DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 15d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18266813 | High pressure tube and method of manufacturing the same | DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
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