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
Axcess Instruments IP Holding Company currently manages 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. Such a focused portfolio means that all current prosecution resources are directed toward a single interaction with the patent office.
WOO, JAE KYUN is the busiest examiner, holding the 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because there is only 1 pending office action in total, the prosecution success for the portfolio is currently tied to this single examiner's review. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the underlying medical or mechanical technology falls into a specific, specialized category.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOO, JAE KYUN | 1 | 59.8% | +16.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18505028 | DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY | WOO, JAE KYUN | 81d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18505028 | DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY | WOO, JAE KYUN | 81d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18505028 | DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY | WOO, JAE KYUN | 3795 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 81d overdue | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial