Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cadwell Laboratories Inc. is currently managing 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners, but are concentrated within 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is JIMENEZ, OSCAR C, who is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. The distribution of 4 pending office actions among 4 distinct examiners indicates that each active case is being reviewed by a different individual.
The fact that these cases are located within only 2 distinct art units suggests that the technical scope of the portfolio is relatively focused within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. This structure requires the company to manage 4 different examiner styles while operating within the standards of 2 specific art units. The busiest examiner, JIMENEZ, OSCAR C, handles 1 of the pending actions, while the total pending office actions for the company is 4. This diversity in examiners within a limited number of art units allows the company to navigate different perspectives while maintaining a consistent technical focus.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JIMENEZ, OSCAR C | 1 | 87.0% | +8.9% |
| TU, AURELIE H | 1 | 56.4% | +60.0% |
| MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | 1 | 51.8% | +56.9% |
| WEARE, MEREDITH H | 1 | 50.4% | +31.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18344702 | System and Method of Assessing a Patient's Visual Function | TU, AURELIE H | 26d |
| 18634792 | Detachable Connector Receptacles | JIMENEZ, OSCAR C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18183350 | Integrated Electrodiagnostic and Ultrasound Device | MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | 59d overdue |
| 16555730 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONCURRENTLY DISPLAYING SELECTED AND UNSELECTED EEG DATA | WEARE, MEREDITH H | 14d |
| 18344702 | System and Method of Assessing a Patient's Visual Function | TU, AURELIE H | 26d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 2 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18634792 | Detachable Connector Receptacles | JIMENEZ, OSCAR C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18344702 | System and Method of Assessing a Patient's Visual Function | TU, AURELIE H | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18183350 | Integrated Electrodiagnostic and Ultrasound Device | MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
| 16555730 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONCURRENTLY DISPLAYING SELECTED AND UNSELECTED EEG DATA | WEARE, MEREDITH H | 3791 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Aug 29, 2019 |
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