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
Comsero Inc. maintains a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. There is currently 1 pending office action for the company. This indicates a focused effort on a specific mechanical or medical innovation within their current filings.
The examination of this portfolio is conducted by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that the subject matter is specialized and fits within a single technical classification. A single art unit environment often leads to more consistent application of patent laws compared to portfolios spread across multiple units.
BODENDORF, ANDREW is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action currently assigned. This examiner handles the entirety of the company's active prosecution workload. The success of the current patent application depends on the specific feedback and requirements of this one examiner.
The direct relationship with 1 distinct examiner simplifies the communication strategy for Comsero Inc. Because the company is only managing 1 pending office action, legal efforts can be highly focused. This structure avoids the complexities associated with navigating multiple distinct art units simultaneously.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BODENDORF, ANDREW | 1 | 29.5% | +37.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18174746 | Modular Kit of Reusable and Repositionable Writing Surfaces and Category Indicators | BODENDORF, ANDREW | 21d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18174746 | Modular Kit of Reusable and Repositionable Writing Surfaces and Category Indicators | BODENDORF, ANDREW | 21d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18174746 | Modular Kit of Reusable and Repositionable Writing Surfaces and Category Indicators | BODENDORF, ANDREW | 3715 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
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