Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Conavi Medical Corp. manages a company patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio has 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action is under the review of 1 distinct examiner, which means the company's current patent office interactions are focused on a single point of review. Having 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner means the company's immediate patenting success relies on the specific review of 1 individual within the patent office.
The activity is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit. FARAH, AHMED M is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the company's current patent office interaction is limited to 1 point of contact. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technical focus within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. The reliance on 1 distinct examiner for the 1 pending office action means that the company can focus its resources on addressing the specific requirements and examination style of that individual. This focus within 1 distinct art unit simplifies the current prosecution landscape for the company's pending patent matter, allowing for a targeted strategy to address the 1 examiner's concerns.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARAH, AHMED M | 1 | 79.0% | +18.8% |
| PATTON, SPENCER D | 1 | 74.1% | +21.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18738581 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING A WORKSTATION FOR CONTROLLING A ROBOTIC SYSTEM | FARAH, AHMED M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18738581 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING A WORKSTATION FOR CONTROLLING A ROBOTIC SYSTEM | FARAH, AHMED M | — |
| 18316712 | INSTRUMENT COLLISION DETECTION AND FEEDBACK | PATTON, SPENCER D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18738581 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING A WORKSTATION FOR CONTROLLING A ROBOTIC SYSTEM | FARAH, AHMED M | 3792 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18316712 | INSTRUMENT COLLISION DETECTION AND FEEDBACK | PATTON, SPENCER D | 3656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2023 |
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