Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
11 pending office actions • 4 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days
Applied Medical Resources Corporation is currently managing 13 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 13 distinct examiners, meaning every pending case is being reviewed by a different individual. Despite this variety in examiners, the work is concentrated within 5 distinct art units, suggesting some technical overlap in the subject matter being prosecuted.
MARTIN, VERONICA is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, though she is responsible for only 1 pending action. This reflects the broader trend in the data where 13 distinct examiners are each handling one of the 13 pending office actions. This distribution prevents the company from consolidating its prosecution strategy under a few key examiners, requiring unique engagement for every active file.
The use of 5 distinct art units for 13 pending office actions indicates that while examiners are unique, they are grouped into a limited number of specialized units. This structure allows practitioners to potentially identify broader trends within those 5 art units that might affect multiple cases. Managing 13 pending office actions across these units requires a coordinated effort to maintain consistency in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering space.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (9%) |
| §103 only | 3 (27%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (18%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, VERONICA | 1 | 82.7% | +13.4% |
| WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E | 1 | 80.6% | +17.3% |
| FRY, PATRICK B | 1 | 53.9% | +8.0% |
| GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 1 | 85.4% | +17.2% |
| ROWLAND, STEVE | 1 | 77.9% | +17.5% |
| GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 21.8% | +7.4% |
| FERNSTROM, KURT | 1 | 65.8% | +14.1% |
| ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | 1 | 66.2% | +58.6% |
| BODENDORF, ANDREW | 1 | 29.5% | +37.6% |
| ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO | 1 | 45.8% | +35.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19264693 | Circumferential Retractor System | WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E | — |
| 19027704 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE REMOVAL | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19391234 | SURGICAL STAPLER HANDLE ASSEMBLY HAVING ACTUATION MECHANISM WITH LONGITUDINALLY ROTATABLE SHAFT | MARTIN, VERONICA | — |
| 19024719 | RESIDUAL STRESS FEATURES IN ORGAN MODELS | ROWLAND, STEVE | — |
| 18961168 | PORTABLE LAPAROSCOPIC TRAINER | GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18619838 | REDEPLOYABLE TISSUE RETRIEVAL BAG | ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | — |
| 18426935 | SURGICAL SIMULATION CAMERA SCOPE | BODENDORF, ANDREW | — |
| 18094624 | MULTISKILL EXERCISE FOR LAPAROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTATION | ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19391234 | SURGICAL STAPLER HANDLE ASSEMBLY HAVING ACTUATION MECHANISM WITH LONGITUDINALLY ROTATABLE SHAFT | MARTIN, VERONICA | — |
| 19264693 | Circumferential Retractor System | WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E | — |
| 19027704 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE REMOVAL | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | — |
| 19024719 | RESIDUAL STRESS FEATURES IN ORGAN MODELS | ROWLAND, STEVE | — |
| 18930832 | SIMULATED TISSUE STRUCTURES AND METHODS | FERNSTROM, KURT | — |
| 18619838 | REDEPLOYABLE TISSUE RETRIEVAL BAG | ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | — |
| 18426935 | SURGICAL SIMULATION CAMERA SCOPE | BODENDORF, ANDREW | — |
| 18094624 | MULTISKILL EXERCISE FOR LAPAROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTATION | ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 3 |
| 3731 | 2 |
| 3775 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19391234 | SURGICAL STAPLER HANDLE ASSEMBLY HAVING ACTUATION MECHANISM WITH LONGITUDINALLY ROTATABLE SHAFT | MARTIN, VERONICA | 3731 | §101§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2025 |
| 19264693 | Circumferential Retractor System | WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19076751 | SURGICAL STAPLER HAVING SHAFT RECOGNITION MECHANISM | FRY, PATRICK B | 3731 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19027704 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE REMOVAL | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 3775 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19024719 | RESIDUAL STRESS FEATURES IN ORGAN MODELS | ROWLAND, STEVE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18961168 | PORTABLE LAPAROSCOPIC TRAINER | GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18930832 | SIMULATED TISSUE STRUCTURES AND METHODS | FERNSTROM, KURT | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18619838 | REDEPLOYABLE TISSUE RETRIEVAL BAG | ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18426935 | SURGICAL SIMULATION CAMERA SCOPE | BODENDORF, ANDREW | 3715 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18094624 | MULTISKILL EXERCISE FOR LAPAROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTATION | ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO | 3715 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2023 |
| 17971484 | COLPOTOMY MODEL | ANGELES, JOSE | 3715 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Oct 21, 2022 |
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