Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Biolux Group SA currently maintains 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners, which indicates that every pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. The portfolio also spans 2 distinct art units, showing that the 3 pending office actions are being processed by different specialized divisions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is KUO, JONATHAN T, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 action is one of the 3 pending office actions total for the company. Because the company is dealing with 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the prosecution strategy must balance the different styles of the examiners while adhering to the standards of multiple units. Resolving the 3 pending office actions will require addressing the specific feedback from each of the 3 distinct examiners across the 2 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUO, JONATHAN T | 1 | 72.3% | +28.3% |
| HOLMES, REX R | 1 | 80.2% | +17.9% |
| BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE | 1 | 58.7% | +37.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18903409 | METHODS FOR TREATING DISORDERS AND FOR STIMULATING STEM CELLS BY ADMINISTERING LIGHT THERAPY | KUO, JONATHAN T | — |
| 18807698 | PHOTODYNAMIC LIGHT THERAPY APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ORAL DISEASE | HOLMES, REX R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17309459 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE COMPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS | BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE | 29d overdue |
| 18903409 | METHODS FOR TREATING DISORDERS AND FOR STIMULATING STEM CELLS BY ADMINISTERING LIGHT THERAPY | KUO, JONATHAN T | — |
| 18807698 | PHOTODYNAMIC LIGHT THERAPY APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ORAL DISEASE | HOLMES, REX R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 1 |
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18903409 | METHODS FOR TREATING DISORDERS AND FOR STIMULATING STEM CELLS BY ADMINISTERING LIGHT THERAPY | KUO, JONATHAN T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18807698 | PHOTODYNAMIC LIGHT THERAPY APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ORAL DISEASE | HOLMES, REX R | 3796 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 17309459 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE COMPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS | BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d overdue | Pending | Mar 06, 2023 |
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