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
BACKHAUSEN GMBH operates within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, where it currently faces 1 pending office action. This action represents the current focus of the company's efforts to secure intellectual property rights. The limited number of pending matters suggests a very specific or highly selective filing strategy at this stage of development, focusing resources on a single patent application.
The prosecution landscape is highly centralized, involving 1 distinct examiner and a distinct art unit. This concentration means that the company's success in this technology area is currently tied to a single point of review within the patent office. Such a structure simplifies the administrative burden, as there is only one set of examiner preferences and art unit standards to navigate, which can lead to more predictable timelines for the applicant.
DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding the busiest examiner pending office action. This individual is the sole official currently reviewing the company's pending applications. Consequently, the 1 pending office action is entirely under the jurisdiction of DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T, making their specific interpretation of the prior art critical to the portfolio's immediate progress and the company's overall strategy in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T | 1 | 44.8% | +47.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18264641 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING FABRIC | DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18264641 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING FABRIC | DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18264641 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING FABRIC | DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
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