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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Diamontech AG has 1 pending office action currently active in its patent portfolio. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, KRETZER, KYLE W.. As the only examiner listed, KRETZER, KYLE W. is also the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The data shows 0 distinct art units associated with this prosecution activity. This suggests the portfolio is extremely limited in scope or in a very specific stage where art unit classification is not yet a factor in the pending actions. Practitioners should note the direct relationship with the 1 distinct examiner for the 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRETZER, KYLE W. | 1 | 64.8% | +41.5% |
| PADDA, ARI SINGH KANE | 1 | 23.3% | +15.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17290563 | Apparatus and Method for Analyzing a Substance | PADDA, ARI SINGH KANE | 44d overdue |
| 18838408 | WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ANALYTE IN TISSUE OF A HUMAN OR ANIMAL SUBJECT | KRETZER, KYLE W. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17290563 | Apparatus and Method for Analyzing a Substance | PADDA, ARI SINGH KANE | 44d overdue |
| 18838408 | WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ANALYTE IN TISSUE OF A HUMAN OR ANIMAL SUBJECT | KRETZER, KYLE W. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18838408 | WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ANALYTE IN TISSUE OF A HUMAN OR ANIMAL SUBJECT | KRETZER, KYLE W. | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 17290563 | Apparatus and Method for Analyzing a Substance | PADDA, ARI SINGH KANE | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Apr 30, 2021 |
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