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 • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bragi GmbH manages a patent portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently has 3 pending office actions. These actions are being handled by 3 distinct examiners, yet all actions are located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a high degree of technical concentration within a single administrative division of the USPTO.
The busiest examiner for the company is RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there are 3 pending office actions in total, the 3 distinct examiners are sharing the current workload. This distribution shows that the company's prosecution workload is spread across multiple examiners within the 1 distinct art unit.
The concentration of the pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit may allow for a consistent understanding of the art unit's specific examination practices. However, the involvement of distinct examiners means the company must navigate different individual perspectives within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. This balance of a single art unit and multiple examiners is a key feature of the current prosecution profile.
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%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL | 1 | 67.7% | +25.4% |
| LIDDLE, JAY TRENT | 1 | 57.8% | +22.9% |
| CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 1 | 31.5% | +30.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19048355 | Use of body-worn radar for biometric measurements, contextual awareness and identification | RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19048355 | Use of body-worn radar for biometric measurements, contextual awareness and identification | RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL | — |
| 19039430 | GAMING WITH EARPIECE 3D AUDIO | LIDDLE, JAY TRENT | — |
| 17108605 | Earpiece with glucose sensor and system | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19048355 | Use of body-worn radar for biometric measurements, contextual awareness and identification | RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19039430 | GAMING WITH EARPIECE 3D AUDIO | LIDDLE, JAY TRENT | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 17108605 | Earpiece with glucose sensor and system | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2020 |
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