Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bayou Surgical Inc. holds a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each application is reviewed by a different official. Both pending actions are situated within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that the company's innovations in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering fall under a single technical classification.
The busiest examiner is JOYNER, KEVIN, who is managing 1 pending office action. This indicates that the 2 pending office actions are split between the distinct examiners. While the company uses 2 distinct examiners, the concentration within 1 distinct art unit means the prosecution remains within a specific technical group. This structure for Bayou Surgical Inc. shows a balanced approach, where the pending office actions are handled by different individuals but remain focused on a single technical domain.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOYNER, KEVIN | 1 | 68.3% | +23.6% |
| ZAMORY, JUSTIN L | 1 | 72.9% | +17.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18885519 | CLEANING DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND METHODS THEREOF | JOYNER, KEVIN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18885519 | CLEANING DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND METHODS THEREOF | JOYNER, KEVIN | — |
| 18479702 | INTRAOPERATIVE ENDOSCOPE CLEANING SYSTEM | ZAMORY, JUSTIN L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18885519 | CLEANING DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND METHODS THEREOF | JOYNER, KEVIN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18479702 | INTRAOPERATIVE ENDOSCOPE CLEANING SYSTEM | ZAMORY, JUSTIN L | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
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