Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 60 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 3 (43%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHANG, TINA | 2 | 56.7% | +43.9% |
| LEE, MICHELLE J | 2 | 39.8% | +60.2% |
| WOODWARD, VALERIE LYNN | 1 | 71.2% | +27.1% |
| SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG | 1 | 54.8% | +55.9% |
| RUDDIE, ELLIOT S | 1 | 66.3% | +42.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18777015 | AN ORAL APPLIANCE | LEE, MICHELLE J | 6d |
| 18416188 | COMFORT PAD FOR USE ON A CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE FRAME | WOODWARD, VALERIE LYNN | — |
| 18540315 | NASAL MASK FOR SEALING THE AREA FROM THE NOSE TIP TO THE UPPER LIP | SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18777015 | AN ORAL APPLIANCE | LEE, MICHELLE J | 6d |
| 19036935 | RESPIRATORY OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL DEVICE | ZHANG, TINA | 12d |
| 18776963 | A MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT DEVICE WITH A SUPPORT BAFFLE | LEE, MICHELLE J | 34d |
| 18515499 | FRAME ASSEMBLY DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO A FRAME AND A SHORT TUBE | RUDDIE, ELLIOT S | 39d |
| 19315416 | A RESPIRATORY OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL DEVICE | ZHANG, TINA | — |
| 18416188 | COMFORT PAD FOR USE ON A CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE FRAME | WOODWARD, VALERIE LYNN | — |
| 18540315 | NASAL MASK FOR SEALING THE AREA FROM THE NOSE TIP TO THE UPPER LIP | SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 5 |
| 3786 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19315416 | A RESPIRATORY OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL DEVICE | ZHANG, TINA | 3785 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19036935 | RESPIRATORY OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL DEVICE | ZHANG, TINA | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18776963 | A MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT DEVICE WITH A SUPPORT BAFFLE | LEE, MICHELLE J | 3786 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18777015 | AN ORAL APPLIANCE | LEE, MICHELLE J | 3786 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18416188 | COMFORT PAD FOR USE ON A CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE FRAME | WOODWARD, VALERIE LYNN | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18540315 | NASAL MASK FOR SEALING THE AREA FROM THE NOSE TIP TO THE UPPER LIP | SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG | 3785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18515499 | FRAME ASSEMBLY DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO A FRAME AND A SHORT TUBE | RUDDIE, ELLIOT S | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
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