Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy Of Medical Sciences has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is being reviewed within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a very specific technical focus for the current prosecution. The presence of only 1 pending office action suggests a highly targeted approach to its intellectual property in this sector. Practitioners should note that the concentration in a single art unit allows for a deep focus on specific mechanical engineering standards.
The case is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ, who is also the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Because PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ is the only examiner involved, the outcome of the company's current prosecution depends entirely on this single relationship. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination history and preferences of this examiner to ensure the application moves toward allowance without unnecessary delays.
With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution landscape is simple but high-stakes. There are no other active cases to provide a baseline for comparison or to allow for a broader strategy. The focus must remain on the 1 pending office action managed by PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ to ensure the successful advancement of the hospital's medical device portfolio within the patent office's current framework.
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) | 1 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ | 1 | 52.9% | +47.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19015695 | PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE AND APPLICATION THEREOF | PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19015695 | PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE AND APPLICATION THEREOF | PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19015695 | PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE AND APPLICATION THEREOF | PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialCancer Hospital Chinese Academy Of Medical Sciences has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nidhi Niraj Patel has the most, with 1 of Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy Of Medical Sciences's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.