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
Anne Simonsen is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single application is assigned to MATTHEW P SAUNDERS, the 1 distinct examiner active for this portfolio. The prosecution is situated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a singular point of administrative oversight. MATTHEW P SAUNDERS is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending office action, which accounts for the total current workload at the USPTO.
Because the 1 pending office action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, the applicant faces no internal conflict between different examiner styles or art unit requirements. The concentration in the 1 distinct art unit allows for a highly specialized prosecution strategy tailored to that specific group's standards. The progress of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filing depends entirely on the schedule of MATTHEW P SAUNDERS. Practitioners should focus on the specific preferences of the busiest examiner to advance the 1 pending office action efficiently, as there are no other active matters to balance.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 1 | 46.9% | +38.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18866912 | MAGNETIC DRIVE SYSTEM FOR DENTAL APPLICATIONS AND METHODS | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18866912 | MAGNETIC DRIVE SYSTEM FOR DENTAL APPLICATIONS AND METHODS | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18866912 | MAGNETIC DRIVE SYSTEM FOR DENTAL APPLICATIONS AND METHODS | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 3772 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAnne Simonsen has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Matthew P Saunders has the most, with 1 of Anne Simonsen's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.