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
Ecolopharm Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being processed by 1 distinct examiner, which represents 1 point of contact for the company's current prosecution activities. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit further indicates that the pending matter is situated within a specific technical niche, requiring specialized knowledge from the examining body.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is SMALLEY, JAMES N, who is assigned 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since the total number of pending office actions is also 1, this examiner is the sole arbiter of the company's current patent applications. The presence of 1 distinct art unit alongside 1 distinct examiner suggests a streamlined environment where the company can focus its resources on meeting the specific expectations of a reviewer. This concentration of the pending action under the examiner simplifies the strategic landscape, as there are no conflicting examiner requirements to navigate within 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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMALLEY, JAMES N | 1 | 70.7% | -9.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19218443 | Two-Part Mountable Child-Resistant Vial | SMALLEY, JAMES N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19218443 | Two-Part Mountable Child-Resistant Vial | SMALLEY, JAMES N | 3733 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2025 |
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