Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Caldera Medical Inc. is managing 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating a diversified prosecution landscape for the company.
The busiest examiner in the portfolio is LONG, SARAH A, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because there are 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending actions, the workload is evenly split. This requires the company to engage with multiple points of contact at the patent office simultaneously, rather than centralizing its efforts.
With 2 distinct art units involved, the company is navigating different technical silos within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area. The presence of 2 distinct examiners suggests that the company must adapt to different examination styles. This distribution of 2 pending office actions across multiple examiners and art units highlights a multi-faceted approach to its current patent strategy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONG, SARAH A | 1 | 60.6% | +42.6% |
| PENG, BO JOSEPH | 1 | 69.5% | +13.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18679427 | ROTARY INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR INTRAUTERINE TISSUE RESECTION | LONG, SARAH A | 15d |
| 17810241 | Midline Marker For Sling Implant | PENG, BO JOSEPH | 33d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18679427 | ROTARY INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR INTRAUTERINE TISSUE RESECTION | LONG, SARAH A | 15d |
| 17810241 | Midline Marker For Sling Implant | PENG, BO JOSEPH | 33d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18679427 | ROTARY INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR INTRAUTERINE TISSUE RESECTION | LONG, SARAH A | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 17810241 | Midline Marker For Sling Implant | PENG, BO JOSEPH | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
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