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
Cyndrx LLC is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is responsible for one of the pending matters. MENDEZ, KATHERINE H is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action.
The portfolio's activity is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, despite the involvement of 2 different examiners. This suggests that while the technical focus remains narrow, the company must navigate the specific tendencies of two separate individuals within that single art unit. The presence of 2 distinct examiners for only 2 pending office actions shows a lack of examiner overlap.
For patent practitioners, this profile indicates a specific technological footprint. The 1 distinct art unit provides a consistent environment for prosecution, even as the 2 pending office actions are distributed across different personnel. The workload for the busiest examiner remains low at 1 pending matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | 1 | 66.8% | +33.6% |
| TANNER, JOCELIN C | 1 | 72.2% | +34.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18044286 | DEVICE FOR ACHIEVING HEMOSTASIS | TANNER, JOCELIN C | 78d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18044286 | DEVICE FOR ACHIEVING HEMOSTASIS | TANNER, JOCELIN C | 78d overdue |
| 19068516 | Vessel Sealing Device | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19068516 | Vessel Sealing Device | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 18044286 | DEVICE FOR ACHIEVING HEMOSTASIS | TANNER, JOCELIN C | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 78d overdue | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
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