Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Daniele Romanello is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS is the busiest examiner for this profile, overseeing 1 pending office action. This highly concentrated prosecution profile means that the current patent efforts are focused on the 1 pending office action and 1 point of contact at the patent office.
Because there is only 1 pending office action, the entire success of the prosecution in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area depends on the interaction with FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS. Practitioners can focus all their resources on understanding the specific requirements and historical tendencies of this 1 distinct examiner to ensure a favorable outcome. Such a structure allows for a very specific and dedicated interaction between the applicant and the examiner.
The alignment of 1 pending office action within 1 distinct art unit further simplifies the prosecution landscape. This allows for a very targeted strategy that addresses the specific prior art and procedural norms of that 1 art unit. For Daniele Romanello, having 1 pending office action under 1 distinct examiner provides a clear and streamlined path for advancing intellectual property. This focused approach minimizes the complexity often found in larger, more distributed portfolios.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 1 | 40.5% | +38.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19111780 | FALL-PREVENTION FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION DEVICE | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 28d 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19111780 | FALL-PREVENTION FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION DEVICE | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 28d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19111780 | FALL-PREVENTION FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION DEVICE | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 3786 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial