Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Crea Ip B V currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, meaning each case is under the review of a different individual. The prosecution activity is split between 2 distinct art units, suggesting technical specialization in the company's current filings.
ZIMBOUSKI, ARIANA is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. Because there are 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the legal team must navigate the specific requirements of 2 different examination groups. The 4 pending office actions represent the entirety of the company's current active dialogue with the patent office in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. This distribution allows for a focused prosecution strategy where the nuances of 2 distinct art units can be closely monitored and addressed across the 4 active matters.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZIMBOUSKI, ARIANA | 1 | 68.1% | +31.0% |
| TRAN, HOANG Q | 1 | 67.7% | +32.7% |
| ROANE, AARON F | 1 | 73.4% | +9.7% |
| FREHE, WILLIAM R | 1 | 59.9% | +42.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18731379 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, AND FOOT SWITCH ASSEMBLY FOR CONTROLLING A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | ROANE, AARON F | 6d |
| 18847267 | ILLUMINATOR END PART | TRAN, HOANG Q | — |
| 17852435 | Injector device | FREHE, WILLIAM R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18874590 | Injector device | ZIMBOUSKI, ARIANA | — |
| 18847267 | ILLUMINATOR END PART | TRAN, HOANG Q | — |
| 17852435 | Injector device | FREHE, WILLIAM R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18874590 | Injector device | ZIMBOUSKI, ARIANA | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18847267 | ILLUMINATOR END PART | TRAN, HOANG Q | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18731379 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, AND FOOT SWITCH ASSEMBLY FOR CONTROLLING A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | ROANE, AARON F | 3792 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 17852435 | Injector device | FREHE, WILLIAM R | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2022 |
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