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
BLUESAIL SURGICAL CO., LTD. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners. Despite having multiple examiners, all active prosecution is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that the company's current patent applications fall within a unique technical niche handled by a specialized group at the patent office.
THOMAS M MCEVOY is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. With pending office actions and distinct examiners, the workload is evenly distributed, with each examiner handling a pending action. The fact that distinct examiners are working within the art unit means the company may encounter consistent art unit-level policies even while dealing with different individual examiners. This profile indicates a highly focused prosecution environment for the company's pending office actions. The concentration in the art unit allows for a more unified strategy compared to portfolios spread across multiple units.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 1 | 70.8% | +35.5% |
| JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 1 | 58.8% | +51.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18841972 | MEDICAL WATER JET SCALPEL DEVICE AND MEDICAL WATER JET SCALPEL SYSTEM | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 16d |
| 18687743 | MEDICAL WATER JET AND MEDICAL SYSTEM | JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 22d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18841972 | MEDICAL WATER JET SCALPEL DEVICE AND MEDICAL WATER JET SCALPEL SYSTEM | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 16d |
| 18687743 | MEDICAL WATER JET AND MEDICAL SYSTEM | JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 22d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18841972 | MEDICAL WATER JET SCALPEL DEVICE AND MEDICAL WATER JET SCALPEL SYSTEM | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 3771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18687743 | MEDICAL WATER JET AND MEDICAL SYSTEM | JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
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