Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cartamundi Services NV currently has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 pending office actions are both located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated prosecution effort for the company's mechanical innovations. For a practitioner, the presence of the pending office actions in a single art unit suggests that the examiners are likely working within the same technical framework and applying similar examination standards. This concentration can be leveraged to develop a unified strategy for the portfolio.
The pending office actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners. This means that each of the pending office actions is assigned to a different individual, even though they are in the same art unit. ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. This examiner is one of the distinct examiners who are each responsible for a pending action. The distribution of the 2 pending office actions across two different individuals requires the legal team to adapt to multiple negotiation styles within the same art unit.
The strategy for Cartamundi Services NV involves 2 pending office actions within 1 distinct art unit and 2 distinct examiners. This provides a balance between technical focus and examiner variety. ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES holds 1 pending office action, while another examiner holds the second. The Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering focus ensures that the legal team can apply consistent technical arguments across both of the pending office actions. Practitioners should monitor both cases for any shared examiner feedback that could influence the overall portfolio strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| BERRY, SAMANTHA MARIE | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864605 | A METHOD TO PROVIDE A SET OF RANDOMLY ORDERED CARDS | ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18864605 | A METHOD TO PROVIDE A SET OF RANDOMLY ORDERED CARDS | ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | 3711 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18553032 | PLAYING CARDS STORING DEVICE | BERRY, SAMANTHA MARIE | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
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