Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ampa Inc. manages its intellectual property within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 2 pending office actions. Both of these matters are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which indicates a high degree of concentration in the company prosecution. This focus is further reflected by the involvement of only 1 distinct art unit for all pending matters.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is DORNA, CARRIE R, who is responsible for the 2 pending office actions. Because all 2 pending office actions are being reviewed by the same examiner in a single art unit, the company current patent strategy relies on a consistent point of contact at the patent office. This individual handles the entirety of the active workload.
For practitioners, this concentration means that DORNA, CARRIE R has a significant influence over the company current Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings. The 2 pending office actions are being handled within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests the technologies are closely related. This centralized approach allows for a uniform prosecution strategy across the pending matters.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DORNA, CARRIE R | 2 | 72.3% | +27.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18212024 | TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | DORNA, CARRIE R | — |
| 18212055 | TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | DORNA, CARRIE R | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18212024 | TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | DORNA, CARRIE R | — |
| 18212055 | TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | DORNA, CARRIE R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18212024 | TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | DORNA, CARRIE R | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18212055 | TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | DORNA, CARRIE R | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
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