Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Connex Biomedical Inc. has 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are handled by 3 distinct examiners. The portfolio is active across 2 distinct art units, and ORKIN, ALEXANDER J is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. Because the pending office actions are spread across 2 art units and the listed examiners, the company must navigate the specific requirements of multiple technical divisions and individual examiner preferences 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | 1 | 65.4% | +26.7% |
| TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | 1 | 68.4% | +18.9% |
| STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 1 | 75.6% | +14.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19054768 | Method of Making Sutureless Couplings for Medical Device Access to Anatomical Structures | ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | — |
| 18189160 | Apparatus and Method for Transcardiac Valve Delivery | TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18050955 | Cardiac and Vascular Access and Closure System and Method | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 180d overdue |
| 19054768 | Method of Making Sutureless Couplings for Medical Device Access to Anatomical Structures | ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | — |
| 18189160 | Apparatus and Method for Transcardiac Valve Delivery | TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 1 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19054768 | Method of Making Sutureless Couplings for Medical Device Access to Anatomical Structures | ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 18189160 | Apparatus and Method for Transcardiac Valve Delivery | TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
| 18050955 | Cardiac and Vascular Access and Closure System and Method | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 180d overdue | Pending | Oct 28, 2022 |
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