Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Arthrosurface, Inc. maintains a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions. Both of these actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, showing a high degree of technical focus in the current prosecution cycle. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current applications are being reviewed by the same specialized technical group at the USPTO.
There are 2 distinct examiners assigned to the portfolio. Samuel Saleeb Hanna is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners working within a single art unit on 2 pending office actions, the company's applications are being reviewed by different individuals within the same specialized group. This provides the company with different perspectives from two examiners while remaining within the same technical art unit, which can be a strategic advantage in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | 1 | 58.0% | +36.8% |
| DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY | 1 | 82.1% | +11.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18886655 | ANGLED BASEPLATE FOR HUMERAL AND GLENOID ARTICULAR SURFACE IMPLANT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19172366 | ORTHOPEDIC ALIGNMENT DEVICE | HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19172366 | ORTHOPEDIC ALIGNMENT DEVICE | HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | — |
| 18886655 | ANGLED BASEPLATE FOR HUMERAL AND GLENOID ARTICULAR SURFACE IMPLANT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19172366 | ORTHOPEDIC ALIGNMENT DEVICE | HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | 3775 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 18886655 | ANGLED BASEPLATE FOR HUMERAL AND GLENOID ARTICULAR SURFACE IMPLANT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
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