Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Beaconmedaes LLC currently has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners. Despite the involvement of multiple examiners, all activity is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA is the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action.
This suggests that while the technical field is narrow enough to be contained in 1 distinct art unit, the workload is split between 2 distinct examiners. Managing 2 pending office actions requires coordination within that single unit's standards. The use of 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit might lead to different prosecution speeds for similar subject matter. Practitioners can focus their technical arguments on the specific standards of that one unit while adapting their communication style to the 2 distinct examiners involved. This concentration ensures that the legal precedents applied to the 2 pending office actions remain consistent.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M | 1 | 26.9% | +45.3% |
| DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 1 | 74.4% | +26.0% |
| STUART, COLIN W | 1 | 57.9% | +55.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18472691 | SUCTION AND OXYGEN THERAPY POD HAVING SENSOR TO DETECT CHANGES IN REMOVABLE ACCESSORIES | PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M | — |
| 18472623 | POD SYSTEM FOR SUCTION AND OXYGEN THERAPY | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | — |
| 18472880 | FLOW MANAGEMENT DEVICE CUSTOMIZABLE BY PATIENT TYPE | STUART, COLIN W | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18472691 | SUCTION AND OXYGEN THERAPY POD HAVING SENSOR TO DETECT CHANGES IN REMOVABLE ACCESSORIES | PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M | — |
| 18472623 | POD SYSTEM FOR SUCTION AND OXYGEN THERAPY | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | — |
| 18472880 | FLOW MANAGEMENT DEVICE CUSTOMIZABLE BY PATIENT TYPE | STUART, COLIN W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18472691 | SUCTION AND OXYGEN THERAPY POD HAVING SENSOR TO DETECT CHANGES IN REMOVABLE ACCESSORIES | PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M | 3785 | §102§103§112DPOther | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18472623 | POD SYSTEM FOR SUCTION AND OXYGEN THERAPY | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18472880 | FLOW MANAGEMENT DEVICE CUSTOMIZABLE BY PATIENT TYPE | STUART, COLIN W | 3785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
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