Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aspen Medical Products, LLC currently has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. All 4 actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated technical focus for the current portfolio. These actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners, meaning the count of pending actions is equal to the count of examiners.
RODRIQUEZ, KARI KRISTIN is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. Since there are 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, each examiner is handling exactly one case. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit means that while the examiners differ, the technical standards and supervisory environment are likely consistent across all 4 pending matters. Practitioners should focus on the specific guidelines of this 1 distinct art unit while preparing for the individual preferences of the 4 distinct examiners assigned to the portfolio, noting that the busiest examiner manages only 1 case.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RODRIQUEZ, KARI KRISTIN | 1 | 55.1% | +38.4% |
| LEWIS, KIM M | 1 | 74.0% | +12.8% |
| ALBERS, KEVIN S | 1 | 26.6% | +49.7% |
| CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 1 | 46.0% | +38.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19094754 | LATERAL ADJUSTABLE CERVICAL COLLAR POSTERIOR PANEL | ALBERS, KEVIN S | 15d overdue |
| 19284625 | Customized Orthosis With A Hinge And Sleeve Integration | RODRIQUEZ, KARI KRISTIN | — |
| 19284623 | Orthopedic Sleeve | LEWIS, KIM M | — |
| 18117269 | CERVICAL COLLAR BACK PANEL | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19094754 | LATERAL ADJUSTABLE CERVICAL COLLAR POSTERIOR PANEL | ALBERS, KEVIN S | 15d overdue |
| 19284625 | Customized Orthosis With A Hinge And Sleeve Integration | RODRIQUEZ, KARI KRISTIN | — |
| 19284623 | Orthopedic Sleeve | LEWIS, KIM M | — |
| 18117269 | CERVICAL COLLAR BACK PANEL | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19284625 | Customized Orthosis With A Hinge And Sleeve Integration | RODRIQUEZ, KARI KRISTIN | 3786 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19284623 | Orthopedic Sleeve | LEWIS, KIM M | 3786 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19094754 | LATERAL ADJUSTABLE CERVICAL COLLAR POSTERIOR PANEL | ALBERS, KEVIN S | 3786 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 18117269 | CERVICAL COLLAR BACK PANEL | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 3786 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2023 |
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