Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
DeRoyal Industries Inc. is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 2 pending office actions. Both of these 2 pending office actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, Seth Richard Brown. This indicates a high level of concentration, as a single individual is responsible for all of the company's current active matters.
The prosecution activity is further centralized within 1 distinct art unit. This means that Seth Richard Brown is evaluating both of the 2 pending office actions within the same technical group at the patent office. The focus on 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current filings involve very similar medical technologies.
Practitioners should note that Seth Richard Brown is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing the entirety of the company's 2 pending office actions. This centralized structure may lead to more consistent prosecution outcomes, as the same examiner and art unit are overseeing all active cases. The company's current medical device innovations are being reviewed by a single point of contact.
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%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, SETH RICHARD | 2 | 48.9% | +44.3% |
| RASSAVONG, ERIC | 1 | 71.6% | +34.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18102889 | CERVICAL COLLAR | BROWN, SETH RICHARD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19152401 | A CERVICAL COLLAR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE | BROWN, SETH RICHARD | — |
| 18368277 | CANISTER CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR DISPOSABLE NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY SYSTEM | RASSAVONG, ERIC | — |
| 18102889 | CERVICAL COLLAR | BROWN, SETH RICHARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 2 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19152401 | A CERVICAL COLLAR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE | BROWN, SETH RICHARD | 3786 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 18368277 | CANISTER CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR DISPOSABLE NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY SYSTEM | RASSAVONG, ERIC | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18102889 | CERVICAL COLLAR | BROWN, SETH RICHARD | 3786 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2023 |
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