Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Covaris LLC has 2 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, so the portfolio requires matter-specific prosecution analysis.
CERIONI, DANIEL LEE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate the device and mechanical claim strategy while tailoring each response to its assigned examination record.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 1 | 64.3% | +28.0% |
| WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 1 | 65.3% | +42.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18595773 | SAMPLE HOLDER SHUTTLE | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18637702 | SAMPLE HOLDER WITH CONDUIT FOR RECEIVING A SAMPLE | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | — |
| 18595773 | SAMPLE HOLDER SHUTTLE | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18637702 | SAMPLE HOLDER WITH CONDUIT FOR RECEIVING A SAMPLE | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18595773 | SAMPLE HOLDER SHUTTLE | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialCovaris LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Daniel Lee Cerioni has the most, with 1 of Covaris LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
