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
Costello Prosthetic Warmers LLC has 2 pending office actions in its patent portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. The prosecution is centralized within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that the pending applications are technically related and being reviewed by the same specialized group. The concentration of 2 pending actions in 1 distinct art unit within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector is significant for practitioners.
The busiest examiner for the company is DEMIE, TIGIST S, who is currently overseeing 1 pending office action. With 2 pending actions and 2 distinct examiners, the workload is divided equally, with each examiner handling 1 action. This means DEMIE, TIGIST S is responsible for half of the company's current pending office action responses. The 2 to 2 ratio of actions to examiners ensures that each pending matter is being independently evaluated by a different official. This distribution provides a variety of examiner perspectives on the company's intellectual property.
The involvement of 1 distinct art unit suggests that while different examiners are involved, they likely operate under the same supervisory and unit-specific guidelines. This centralized unit structure can lead to more predictable prosecution outcomes compared to portfolios spread across multiple units. Practitioners should be prepared to manage 2 different examiner relationships while navigating the specific standards of 1 art unit. This profile represents a balanced prosecution environment where individual examiner attention is maintained within a single technical department.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEMIE, TIGIST S | 1 | 75.1% | +20.7% |
| BROWN, KYLE MARTZ | 1 | 9.1% | +2.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18829402 | Thermally Regulated Patient Transfer Board | DEMIE, TIGIST S | — |
| 17236643 | TEMPERATURE REGULATING APPARATUS FOR A PROSTHETIC LIMB | BROWN, KYLE MARTZ | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18829402 | Thermally Regulated Patient Transfer Board | DEMIE, TIGIST S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18829402 | Thermally Regulated Patient Transfer Board | DEMIE, TIGIST S | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 17236643 | TEMPERATURE REGULATING APPARATUS FOR A PROSTHETIC LIMB | BROWN, KYLE MARTZ | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2021 |
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