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
Cefla S C is currently engaged in the prosecution of patent applications within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio shows 1 pending office action, which is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner. This indicates a concentrated area of active interest for the company at the USPTO within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The use of 1 distinct examiner suggests that the company's current patent strategy is highly focused.
The active case is situated in 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a narrow technical scope for the current filing. LEI ZHANG is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since this 1 busiest examiner pending office action is the only pending case, the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the interaction with this 1 distinct examiner. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's immediate patent goals are specialized, and practitioners should prepare for a detailed review by the assigned examiner.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHANG, LEI | 1 | 15.4% | +100.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18851039 | Method for the analysis of radiographic images, and in particular lateral-lateral teleradiographic images of the skull, and relative analysis system | ZHANG, LEI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18851039 | Method for the analysis of radiographic images, and in particular lateral-lateral teleradiographic images of the skull, and relative analysis system | ZHANG, LEI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18851039 | Method for the analysis of radiographic images, and in particular lateral-lateral teleradiographic images of the skull, and relative analysis system | ZHANG, LEI | 3798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
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