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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Arbutus Medical Inc. is currently addressing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, POON, ROBERT, who holds the 1 busiest examiner pending action. The portfolio's current activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit, showing a singular focus for the pending claims. With 1 pending office action, the company's current prosecution workload is minimal.
POON, ROBERT is the only examiner reviewing the pending application, making his individual assessment the key factor in the case's progress. The 1 distinct art unit involved confirms that the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering claims are being evaluated by a single specialized group, which simplifies the coordination of the company's legal strategy at the USPTO. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the 1 busiest examiner pending action to ensure a successful outcome. This concentrated environment under 1 distinct examiner allows for a highly targeted and efficient prosecution process.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| POON, ROBERT | 1 | 41.9% | +27.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17760852 | DISPOSABLE STERILE COVER SYSTEM, COMPONENTS, AND METHODS FOR POWER TOOLS | POON, ROBERT | 126d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17760852 | DISPOSABLE STERILE COVER SYSTEM, COMPONENTS, AND METHODS FOR POWER TOOLS | POON, ROBERT | 126d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17760852 | DISPOSABLE STERILE COVER SYSTEM, COMPONENTS, AND METHODS FOR POWER TOOLS | POON, ROBERT | 3735 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 126d overdue | Pending | Mar 16, 2022 |
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