Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Degen Medical Inc. is managing 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split among 3 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is handling exactly one action. All 3 pending office actions are located within 1 distinct art unit. Jan Christop L Merene is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action.
The concentration of all 3 actions in 1 distinct art unit suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's current patent applications, despite the involvement of 3 different examiners. This ratio of 3 pending office actions to 3 distinct examiners indicates a decentralized workload among individuals. Practitioners should note that the company's strategy is heavily dependent on the policies of the 1 distinct art unit involved. With 3 pending office actions, the company maintains a small but focused presence in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 1 | 68.5% | +48.2% |
| WEISS, JESSICA | 1 | 81.0% | +33.0% |
| HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 1 | 77.9% | +19.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19382853 | Expandable Spacer with Internal Expansion Actuator | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | — |
| 19228140 | Expandable Intervertebral Spacers | WEISS, JESSICA | — |
| 19056197 | Intervertebral Spacers | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19382853 | Expandable Spacer with Internal Expansion Actuator | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | — |
| 19228140 | Expandable Intervertebral Spacers | WEISS, JESSICA | — |
| 19056197 | Intervertebral Spacers | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19382853 | Expandable Spacer with Internal Expansion Actuator | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2025 |
| 19228140 | Expandable Intervertebral Spacers | WEISS, JESSICA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19056197 | Intervertebral Spacers | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
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