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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
DONG WOON ANATECH CO., LTD. is currently navigating 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. The presence of only 1 pending office action suggests a very specific or limited current engagement with the patent office.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there is only a single examiner and art unit, the company's entire active workload in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering is centralized. This single matter defines the current prosecution profile for the company.
The focus on the distinct examiner for the pending office action allows for a concentrated prosecution strategy. Because the matter is located in the 1 distinct art unit, the examination is governed by the specific technical standards of that group within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY is the sole individual managing the company's current pending matters.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 1 | 31.5% | +30.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18916545 | DIAGNOSIS DEVICE USING SALIVA AND DIAGNOSIS METHOD USING THE SAME | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 42d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18916545 | DIAGNOSIS DEVICE USING SALIVA AND DIAGNOSIS METHOD USING THE SAME | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
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