Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Corvia Medical Inc. is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, where it currently has 2 pending office actions. These matters are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners. This indicates that the company is dealing with different individuals at the patent office for each of its active cases, requiring a strategy that accounts for varied examiner behaviors.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM, who holds 1 busiest examiner pending action. All current prosecution is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This structure suggests that while the technical focus remains narrow, the company must navigate the specific preferences and styles of multiple reviewers simultaneously. Such a distribution within a single administrative group can lead to inconsistent results if the examiners interpret the same art unit guidelines differently.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM | 1 | 73.9% | +38.6% |
| YANG, CHENG FONG | 1 | 62.8% | +22.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18741564 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CORONARY SINUS PRESSURE RELIEF | PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18741564 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CORONARY SINUS PRESSURE RELIEF | PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM | — |
| 18416440 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING HEART FAILURE | YANG, CHENG FONG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18741564 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CORONARY SINUS PRESSURE RELIEF | PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18416440 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING HEART FAILURE | YANG, CHENG FONG | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
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