Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
31 pending office actions • 10 art units • 29 examiners • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd. has 30 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 28 distinct examiners, which indicates that most applications are being handled by unique individuals. However, these 30 actions are concentrated within only 9 distinct art units. This concentration suggests that while the examiners vary, the technical focus of the portfolio remains specialized within the broader field.
The busiest examiner for this company is GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA, who is currently managing 2 pending office actions. The fact that 28 examiners are handling the 30 actions means that the vast majority of examiners are only dealing with a single pending matter for the company. With the pending office actions funneling through just 9 art units, practitioners may find opportunities to identify trends in how these specific units interpret the relevant Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering statutes. The 2 actions assigned to GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA represent the highest concentration for any individual examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 11 (35%) |
| §102 only | 5 (16%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 15 (48%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA | 2 | 72.7% | +39.9% |
| PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ | 2 | 53.8% | +46.6% |
| DANG, PHONG SON H | 1 | 78.0% | +24.6% |
| WEARE, MEREDITH H | 1 | 50.4% | +31.7% |
| OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 1 | 50.0% | +57.0% |
| RICE, STEVEN | 1 | 39.3% | +43.7% |
| SARCENO ROBLES, CHRISTIAN MANUEL | 1 | 50.0% | +100.0% |
| KENNEDY, JOSHUA T | 1 | 51.1% | +48.5% |
| FANG, MICHAEL YIMING | 1 | 61.9% | +39.6% |
| HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | 1 | 86.8% | +1.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18738077 | MAGNETIZATION DEVICE | HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18140390 | CATHETER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | 22d overdue |
| 18118405 | CATHETER | DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 18d overdue |
| 18129461 | MEDICAL DEVICE | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 4d overdue |
| 18158630 | BALLOON CATHETER | RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN | 5d |
| 18584340 | LESION RETRIEVAL DEVICE AND ATHERECTOMY DEVICE | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | 82d |
| 19034131 | GUIDE WIRE WITH SENSOR | WEARE, MEREDITH H | — |
| 19032677 | GUIDE WIRE WITH SENSOR | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | — |
| 18999497 | ELONGATED MEDICAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELONGATED MEDICAL DEVICE | RICE, STEVEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18448465 | GUIDE WIRES | PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ | 19d overdue |
| 17150019 | GUIDE WIRE, AND GUIDE WIRE MANUFACTURING METHOD | PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ | 19d overdue |
| 18905291 | MUSCLE TRAINING DEVICE | KENNEDY, JOSHUA T | 71d |
| 19269488 | MEDICAL DEVICE | DANG, PHONG SON H | — |
| 19034131 | GUIDE WIRE WITH SENSOR | WEARE, MEREDITH H | — |
| 19032677 | GUIDE WIRE WITH SENSOR | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | — |
| 18999497 | ELONGATED MEDICAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELONGATED MEDICAL DEVICE | RICE, STEVEN | — |
| 18923199 | PLASMA GUIDE WIRE | SARCENO ROBLES, CHRISTIAN MANUEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 7 |
| 3783 | 6 |
| 3771 | 4 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| 3784 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19269488 | MEDICAL DEVICE | DANG, PHONG SON H | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19034131 | GUIDE WIRE WITH SENSOR | WEARE, MEREDITH H | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19032677 | GUIDE WIRE WITH SENSOR | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18999497 | ELONGATED MEDICAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELONGATED MEDICAL DEVICE | RICE, STEVEN | 1718 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18923199 | PLASMA GUIDE WIRE | SARCENO ROBLES, CHRISTIAN MANUEL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18905291 | MUSCLE TRAINING DEVICE | KENNEDY, JOSHUA T | 3784 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 71d | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18768032 | CATHETER | FANG, MICHAEL YIMING | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18750240 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT | GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18738077 | MAGNETIZATION DEVICE | HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | 2837 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18735242 | GUIDE WIRE | ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18665247 | GUIDE WIRE | AHMED, TASNIM M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18619678 | GUIDE WIRE | BROUGHTON, SHAWN CURTIS | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18584340 | LESION RETRIEVAL DEVICE AND ATHERECTOMY DEVICE | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | 3771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 82d | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18539290 | RESIN-COATED WIRE AND DRUG SOLUTION INJECTION DEVICE | STIGELL, THEODORE J | 3783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18518758 | GUIDE WIRE | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 38d overdue | Pending | Nov 24, 2023 |
| 18388110 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND NAVIGATION METHOD | BRUCE, FAROUK A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18240708 | CATHETER | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18448465 | GUIDE WIRES | PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
| 18213509 | CATHETER | RHODES, NORA W | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18210093 | ELONGATED MEDICAL DEVICE | ROBERTS, ANNA L | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18140390 | CATHETER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
| 18129461 | MEDICAL DEVICE | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18129570 | ELONGATED MEDICAL INSTRUMENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18118405 | CATHETER | DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
| 18158630 | BALLOON CATHETER | RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN | 3783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jan 24, 2023 |
| 18076719 | CATHETER | NEMER, OSAMA MOHAMMAD | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 68d | Pending | Dec 07, 2022 |
| 17945691 | CATHETER | RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Sep 15, 2022 |
| 17864462 | GUIDE WIRE | MELHUS, BENJAMIN S | 3791 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2022 |
| 17734639 | CATHETER | GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2022 |
| 17544963 | BALLOON CATHETER | DUBOSE, LAUREN | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2021 |
| 17150019 | GUIDE WIRE, AND GUIDE WIRE MANUFACTURING METHOD | PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Jan 15, 2021 |
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