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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Amplify Surgical, Inc. has 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This creates a slightly concentrated prosecution environment where one individual has more influence than others. Specifically, the busiest examiner, COTRONEO, STEVEN J, is responsible for 2 pending office actions, which constitutes a majority of the company's current pending workload.
With 3 pending office actions in total, the company must manage its strategy across 2 distinct art units. The fact that COTRONEO, STEVEN J handles 2 pending office actions means that his specific examination style will significantly impact the overall success of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering portfolio. The remaining pending action is handled by the second of the 2 distinct examiners. This structure allows for some consistency in prosecution, particularly in the cases overseen by COTRONEO, STEVEN J, while still requiring navigation of 2 distinct art units.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 2 | 69.4% | +32.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19046348 | MULTI-PORTAL SURGICAL SYSTEMS, CANNULAS, AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | — |
| 19011257 | MULTI-PORTAL SURGICAL SYSTEMS | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19046348 | MULTI-PORTAL SURGICAL SYSTEMS, CANNULAS, AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | — |
| 19011257 | MULTI-PORTAL SURGICAL SYSTEMS | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19046348 | MULTI-PORTAL SURGICAL SYSTEMS, CANNULAS, AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 3773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19011257 | MULTI-PORTAL SURGICAL SYSTEMS | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 3773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialAmplify Surgical, Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Steven J Cotroneo has the most, with 2 of Amplify Surgical, Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.