Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 5 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Avent Inc. is currently prosecuting 13 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are handled by 12 distinct examiners, indicating a high degree of individual oversight for each application. Avery E Smale is the busiest examiner in the portfolio, currently responsible for 2 pending office actions.
The company's filings are concentrated within 5 distinct art units. Given that there are 12 distinct examiners across only 5 distinct art units, practitioners can expect to encounter multiple examiners working within the same technical clusters. This concentration suggests that while the examiners are distinct, the underlying technical subject matter for the 13 pending office actions is relatively focused.
The ratio of pending office actions to 5 distinct art units implies that the company frequently interacts with a small number of supervisory groups. This environment may allow for more consistent prosecution themes compared to portfolios spread across more units. Avery E Smale's role as the busiest examiner with 2 pending office actions highlights the limited examiner overlap present in the current portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 4 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (64%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMALE, AVERY E | 2 | 74.2% | +21.2% |
| DAVIS, AMELIE R | 1 | 65.0% | +33.4% |
| MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 1 | 53.7% | +75.5% |
| RHODES, NORA W | 1 | 54.1% | +25.5% |
| DEMIE, TIGIST S | 1 | 75.1% | +20.7% |
| HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES | 1 | 64.7% | +22.6% |
| NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN | 1 | 63.2% | +38.5% |
| FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 1 | 73.0% | +20.4% |
| DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA | 1 | 68.6% | +38.0% |
| DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 1 | 76.9% | +26.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17386713 | Bridle Delivery System Having Retrieval Probe with Flexible Distal Tip | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | 4d overdue |
| 19288400 | Medical Device Position Notification System | DAVIS, AMELIE R | — |
| 18998314 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO TREAT CHRONIC LOWER BACK PAIN VIA SINUVERTEBRAL NERVE ABLATION | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | — |
| 19028302 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PATIENT-SPECIFIC TREATMENT PARAMETERS FOR COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION | RHODES, NORA W | — |
| 19018901 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID CONTRAST THERAPY | DEMIE, TIGIST S | — |
| 18854357 | TUBE SECURING DEVICE | NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN | — |
| 18704751 | CIRCULATION THERAPY DEVICE WITH ADAPTIVE POWER SUPPLY-BASED CONTROL | FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | — |
| 18645685 | Enteral Feeding Bottle | DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18322648 | Bolus Feed Delivery System | SMALE, AVERY E | 39d |
| 18322656 | Enteral Feeding System | SMALE, AVERY E | 41d |
| 19288400 | Medical Device Position Notification System | DAVIS, AMELIE R | — |
| 18998314 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO TREAT CHRONIC LOWER BACK PAIN VIA SINUVERTEBRAL NERVE ABLATION | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | — |
| 19028302 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PATIENT-SPECIFIC TREATMENT PARAMETERS FOR COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION | RHODES, NORA W | — |
| 19018901 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID CONTRAST THERAPY | DEMIE, TIGIST S | — |
| 19007721 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING LOCATION ACCURACY OF A RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION PROCEDURE VIA FIDUCIAL MARKING | HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES | — |
| 18854357 | TUBE SECURING DEVICE | NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 5 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19288400 | Medical Device Position Notification System | DAVIS, AMELIE R | 3798 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 18998314 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO TREAT CHRONIC LOWER BACK PAIN VIA SINUVERTEBRAL NERVE ABLATION | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19028302 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PATIENT-SPECIFIC TREATMENT PARAMETERS FOR COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION | RHODES, NORA W | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19018901 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID CONTRAST THERAPY | DEMIE, TIGIST S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19007721 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING LOCATION ACCURACY OF A RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION PROCEDURE VIA FIDUCIAL MARKING | HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18854357 | TUBE SECURING DEVICE | NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18704751 | CIRCULATION THERAPY DEVICE WITH ADAPTIVE POWER SUPPLY-BASED CONTROL | FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 3746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18645685 | Enteral Feeding Bottle | DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA | 3781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18638802 | Vented Connector for Medical Fluid Vessels | DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 3783 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18322648 | Bolus Feed Delivery System | SMALE, AVERY E | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18322656 | Enteral Feeding System | SMALE, AVERY E | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18075706 | Telescopic Plunger for Minimizing Human Breast Milk Fat Loss in a Combination Collection Container and Syringe | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2022 |
| 17386713 | Bridle Delivery System Having Retrieval Probe with Flexible Distal Tip | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2021 |
| 16527641 | Medical Device with Structured Echogenic Coating Application and Method for Preparing Same | TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2019 |
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