Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bolton Medical Inc. has 6 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These cases are distributed among 5 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. JACQUELINE WOZNICKI is the busiest examiner, currently managing 2 pending office actions. The concentration of 6 pending office actions within only 2 distinct art units suggests a focused technological scope. However, the use of 5 distinct examiners indicates that most matters are being reviewed independently.
The 2 distinct art units involved in the portfolio suggest that the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings are technically concentrated. Despite this concentration, the patent office has assigned 5 distinct examiners to the matters. JACQUELINE WOZNICKI is the busiest examiner with 2 pending office actions, while the remaining cases are split among other individuals. This structure means that practitioners will need to navigate 5 different examiner personalities within the 2 distinct art units. The 6 pending office actions represent a significant portion of the company current prosecution efforts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 2 | 49.8% | +26.0% |
| RWEGO, KANKINDI | 1 | 74.9% | +33.9% |
| HOUSTON, ELIZABETH | 1 | 37.6% | +42.9% |
| BARIA, DINAH N | 1 | 72.9% | +28.5% |
| PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | 1 | 64.8% | +19.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18503569 | AORTIC PROSTHESIS DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE | BARIA, DINAH N | 34d |
| 18947339 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO RADIALLY CONSTRICT A STENT GRAFT | RWEGO, KANKINDI | — |
| 18420205 | AORTIC PROSTHESIS WITH TUNNEL GRAFT AND EMBOLIC FILTER | HOUSTON, ELIZABETH | — |
| 16779005 | EXPANDABLE LUMINAL STENTS AND METHODS OF USE | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17868151 | SUPPORT RING FOR VASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR AND METHODS OF USE | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 2d overdue |
| 18503569 | AORTIC PROSTHESIS DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE | BARIA, DINAH N | 34d |
| 18947339 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO RADIALLY CONSTRICT A STENT GRAFT | RWEGO, KANKINDI | — |
| 18420205 | AORTIC PROSTHESIS WITH TUNNEL GRAFT AND EMBOLIC FILTER | HOUSTON, ELIZABETH | — |
| 17977399 | CONSTRAINABLE STENT GRAFT, DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | — |
| 16779005 | EXPANDABLE LUMINAL STENTS AND METHODS OF USE | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 4 |
| 3771 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18947339 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO RADIALLY CONSTRICT A STENT GRAFT | RWEGO, KANKINDI | 3771 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18420205 | AORTIC PROSTHESIS WITH TUNNEL GRAFT AND EMBOLIC FILTER | HOUSTON, ELIZABETH | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18503569 | AORTIC PROSTHESIS DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE | BARIA, DINAH N | 3774 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 17977399 | CONSTRAINABLE STENT GRAFT, DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | 3774 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2022 |
| 17868151 | SUPPORT RING FOR VASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR AND METHODS OF USE | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Jul 19, 2022 |
| 16779005 | EXPANDABLE LUMINAL STENTS AND METHODS OF USE | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2020 |
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