Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
15 pending office actions • 3 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
BIC Violex Single Member S.A. currently manages 14 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This portfolio is distributed across several art units, indicating a focused but multi-faceted examination environment. The involvement of 12 distinct examiners suggests that prosecution strategies must account for a variety of individual examiner preferences and styles.
ROBERT D CORNETT is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 3 pending office actions. This concentration with a single examiner represents a portion of the 14 total pending actions. Practitioners should monitor the outcomes of these cases to identify potential trends in how the busiest examiner interprets the company's technical disclosures. The presence of 12 distinct examiners suggests a range of perspectives within the specialized groups. Navigating the 3 distinct art units requires familiarity with the specific procedural nuances of each assigned group.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 4 (27%) |
| §112 only | 3 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (53%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORNETT, ROBERT D | 3 | 39.2% | +44.4% |
| PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES | 1 | 63.6% | +21.2% |
| LIN, KO-WEI | 1 | 76.0% | +20.3% |
| MACFARLANE, EVAN H | 1 | 50.7% | +42.2% |
| PRONE, JASON D | 1 | 61.9% | +25.3% |
| LE, AUSTIN Q | 1 | 49.7% | +31.0% |
| WEINERT, WILLIAM C | 1 | 58.0% | +34.8% |
| WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 1 | 34.5% | +79.2% |
| JONES, LOGAN P | 1 | 43.3% | +31.2% |
| SONG, JIANFENG | 1 | 56.3% | +33.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18059261 | BLADE WITH SKIN AND HAIR CONTROL ELEMENT | ASHLEY, BOYER DOLINGER | 177d overdue |
| 18540233 | SHAVER | CORNETT, ROBERT D | 22d |
| 18715518 | RAZOR CONNECTOR | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | 83d |
| 18790144 | FLAME PRODUCING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SHAPE-SHIFTING LAYER | PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES | — |
| 18680615 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RAZOR CARTRIDGE COMPONENT | PRONE, JASON D | — |
| 18705239 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | LE, AUSTIN Q | — |
| 18261628 | RAZOR HEADS, KITS, RAZORS & METHODS COMPRISING THE SAME | CORNETT, ROBERT D | — |
| 18257228 | CONNECTOR FOR CONNECTING A RAZOR HEAD TO A RAZOR HANDLE | DONG, LIANG | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18563691 | FLAME PRODUCING ASSEMBLIES | JONES, LOGAN P | 16d overdue |
| 18466120 | SHAVING SYSTEM | CORNETT, ROBERT D | 15d |
| 18540233 | SHAVER | CORNETT, ROBERT D | 22d |
| 18574680 | SMART ANTIBACTERIAL COATING APPLIED ON FLAME PRODUCING ASSEMBLY | WEINERT, WILLIAM C | 29d |
| 18715518 | RAZOR CONNECTOR | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | 83d |
| 18790144 | FLAME PRODUCING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SHAPE-SHIFTING LAYER | PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES | — |
| 18724839 | FLAME PRODUCING ASSEMBLIES | LIN, KO-WEI | — |
| 18680615 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RAZOR CARTRIDGE COMPONENT | PRONE, JASON D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 9 |
| 3762 | 2 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18790144 | FLAME PRODUCING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SHAPE-SHIFTING LAYER | PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18724839 | FLAME PRODUCING ASSEMBLIES | LIN, KO-WEI | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18715518 | RAZOR CONNECTOR | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | 3724 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 83d | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18680615 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RAZOR CARTRIDGE COMPONENT | PRONE, JASON D | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18705239 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | LE, AUSTIN Q | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18574680 | SMART ANTIBACTERIAL COATING APPLIED ON FLAME PRODUCING ASSEMBLY | WEINERT, WILLIAM C | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18540240 | SHAVING DEVICE | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 3724 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18540233 | SHAVER | CORNETT, ROBERT D | 3724 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18563691 | FLAME PRODUCING ASSEMBLIES | JONES, LOGAN P | 3762 | §112 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18563178 | SOLID SHAVING AID COMPOSITION | SONG, JIANFENG | 1613 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18466120 | SHAVING SYSTEM | CORNETT, ROBERT D | 3724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18261628 | RAZOR HEADS, KITS, RAZORS & METHODS COMPRISING THE SAME | CORNETT, ROBERT D | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18257228 | CONNECTOR FOR CONNECTING A RAZOR HEAD TO A RAZOR HANDLE | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18059261 | BLADE WITH SKIN AND HAIR CONTROL ELEMENT | ASHLEY, BOYER DOLINGER | 3724 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 177d overdue | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
| 17760433 | CUTTING MEMBER FOR SHAVING RAZORS WITH MULTIPLE BLADES THAT FEATURE NARROW PLATFORM TO FACILITATE RINSING/ WELDED BLADE ON SUPPORT WITH NARROW PLATFORM PORTION | MICHALSKI, SEAN M | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2022 |
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