Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cfd Research Corporation manages 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These cases are all located within 1 distinct art unit but are handled by 3 distinct examiners. Michael L Hobbs is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. The presence of 3 pending office actions indicates that each examiner is responsible for a single case. Because all matters are concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, practitioners can expect consistent technical oversight despite the variety of individual examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOBBS, MICHAEL L | 1 | 68.9% | +28.1% |
| GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 21.8% | +7.4% |
| FRISBY, KESHA | 1 | 52.8% | +23.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18665244 | IN VITRO DEVICE FOR VASCULARIZED MICROFLUIDIC MODELING OF OSTEOCHONDRAL UNIT | HOBBS, MICHAEL L | — |
| 18541346 | VITRO MODEL DEVICE FOR CORNEA BARRIER | GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18511347 | IN VITRO MODEL DEVICE FOR PLACENTAL BARRIER | FRISBY, KESHA | 7d |
| 18665244 | IN VITRO DEVICE FOR VASCULARIZED MICROFLUIDIC MODELING OF OSTEOCHONDRAL UNIT | HOBBS, MICHAEL L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18665244 | IN VITRO DEVICE FOR VASCULARIZED MICROFLUIDIC MODELING OF OSTEOCHONDRAL UNIT | HOBBS, MICHAEL L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18541346 | VITRO MODEL DEVICE FOR CORNEA BARRIER | GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 3715 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18511347 | IN VITRO MODEL DEVICE FOR PLACENTAL BARRIER | FRISBY, KESHA | 3715 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
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