Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Baropace Inc. has 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows a moderate level of concentration in both personnel and technical groups for the company's current pending matters.
SAHAND, SANA is the busiest examiner, responsible for 2 pending office actions. This means SAHAND, SANA is handling 2 of the company's total pending workload of 4 pending office actions. With 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units involved, the company must balance its strategy between a primary examiner and a small group of other patent office officials. This structure requires a focused approach to the 2 distinct art units that house the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAHAND, SANA | 2 | 63.4% | +23.8% |
| HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | 1 | 58.3% | +61.1% |
| ABOUELELA, MAY A | 1 | 75.3% | +36.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18682569 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARDIAC PACING USING BETA BLOCKERS | HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | 6d |
| 17282658 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF DRUG RESISTANT HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH IMPAIRED LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND BRADYCARDIA USING A CARDIAC PACEMAKER | SAHAND, SANA | 56d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18682569 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARDIAC PACING USING BETA BLOCKERS | HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | 6d |
| 17282658 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF DRUG RESISTANT HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH IMPAIRED LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND BRADYCARDIA USING A CARDIAC PACEMAKER | SAHAND, SANA | 56d |
| 19081840 | METHOD OF TREATMENT OF DRUG RESISTANT HYPERTENSION | SAHAND, SANA | — |
| 18571009 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOOD PRESSURE DEVICE CALIBRATION | ABOUELELA, MAY A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 2 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19081840 | METHOD OF TREATMENT OF DRUG RESISTANT HYPERTENSION | SAHAND, SANA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 18682569 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARDIAC PACING USING BETA BLOCKERS | HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | 3796 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18571009 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOOD PRESSURE DEVICE CALIBRATION | ABOUELELA, MAY A | 3791 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 17282658 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF DRUG RESISTANT HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH IMPAIRED LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND BRADYCARDIA USING A CARDIAC PACEMAKER | SAHAND, SANA | 3796 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Apr 02, 2021 |
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