Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cryoshelter Biolng GmbH has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners, meaning that every pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution requires a prosecution strategy that accounts for the specific tendencies of 4 different examiners rather than a centralized approach.
The 4 pending office actions are spread across 3 distinct art units. This variety suggests that the company's mechanical engineering innovations span multiple technical sub-specialties. Practitioners must navigate the specific technical and procedural standards of 3 distinct art units to successfully prosecute the filings in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
ZEC, FILIP is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently holding 1 pending office action. Since ZEC, FILIP is one of the distinct examiners who each have 1 action, the workload is not concentrated with any single individual. Success in these 4 pending office actions will require a decentralized strategy that addresses the specific requirements of 4 different examiners and 3 distinct art units.
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%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M | 1 | 75.9% | +9.8% |
| MARONEY, JENNA M | 1 | 64.5% | +20.3% |
| ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M | 1 | 69.0% | +37.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718657 | SYSTEM FOR FILLING A CRYOGENIC CONTAINER ON A VEHICLE IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY | AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691183 | SYSTEM COMPRISING A CRYOGENIC CONTAINER AND A HEAT EXCHANGER WITH A CONNECTION BLOCK | MARONEY, JENNA M | — |
| 17634793 | PIPE LEADTHROUGH MODULE FOR A CRYOGENIC CONTAINER | ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18718657 | SYSTEM FOR FILLING A CRYOGENIC CONTAINER ON A VEHICLE IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY | AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18691183 | SYSTEM COMPRISING A CRYOGENIC CONTAINER AND A HEAT EXCHANGER WITH A CONNECTION BLOCK | MARONEY, JENNA M | 3763 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 17634793 | PIPE LEADTHROUGH MODULE FOR A CRYOGENIC CONTAINER | ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M | 3700 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2022 |
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