Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
EDDA Technology Inc. operates in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently has 5 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, which means that every active matter is being reviewed by a different person.
The portfolio's activity is spread across 3 distinct art units. This suggests that the company's filings are being processed by several different specialized administrative groups within the patent office. MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio.
MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because there are 5 pending office actions in total, this examiner handles 1 of the 5 active workload matters. The fact that 5 distinct examiners are working across 3 distinct art units indicates a diverse prosecution landscape for a portfolio of this size.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (20%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | 1 | 55.9% | +20.4% |
| PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 1 | 62.2% | +27.9% |
| MALDONADO, STEVEN | 1 | 26.9% | +42.9% |
| BURKE, TIONNA M | 1 | 53.6% | +20.4% |
| COOK, CHRISTOPHER L | 1 | 47.5% | +26.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18999620 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR 3D SURFACE MODEL FITTING VIA ROBOT ARM CONTROLLED LASER GRID AND CAMERA | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 113d overdue |
| 18541792 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEQUENCE-AWARE ESTIMATION OF ULTRASOUND PROBE POSE IN LAPAROSCOPIC ULTRASOUND PROCEDURES | MALDONADO, STEVEN | 71d overdue |
| 18528475 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING A 3D CAMERA POSE BASED ON 2D MASK AND RIDGES AND APPLICATION IN A LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURE | BURKE, TIONNA M | 27d |
| 19040245 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING ROBOT BASE LOCATION FOR MAXIMIZED ROBOT MANIPULABILITY | MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18999620 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR 3D SURFACE MODEL FITTING VIA ROBOT ARM CONTROLLED LASER GRID AND CAMERA | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 113d overdue |
| 18541792 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEQUENCE-AWARE ESTIMATION OF ULTRASOUND PROBE POSE IN LAPAROSCOPIC ULTRASOUND PROCEDURES | MALDONADO, STEVEN | 71d overdue |
| 18172447 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMODAL DISPLAY VIA SURGICAL TOOL ASSISTED MODEL FUSION | COOK, CHRISTOPHER L | 4d overdue |
| 18528475 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING A 3D CAMERA POSE BASED ON 2D MASK AND RIDGES AND APPLICATION IN A LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURE | BURKE, TIONNA M | 27d |
| 19040245 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING ROBOT BASE LOCATION FOR MAXIMIZED ROBOT MANIPULABILITY | MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 2 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 2178 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19040245 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING ROBOT BASE LOCATION FOR MAXIMIZED ROBOT MANIPULABILITY | MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 18999620 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR 3D SURFACE MODEL FITTING VIA ROBOT ARM CONTROLLED LASER GRID AND CAMERA | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 3799 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 113d overdue | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18541792 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEQUENCE-AWARE ESTIMATION OF ULTRASOUND PROBE POSE IN LAPAROSCOPIC ULTRASOUND PROCEDURES | MALDONADO, STEVEN | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | 71d overdue | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18528475 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING A 3D CAMERA POSE BASED ON 2D MASK AND RIDGES AND APPLICATION IN A LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURE | BURKE, TIONNA M | 2178 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18172447 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMODAL DISPLAY VIA SURGICAL TOOL ASSISTED MODEL FUSION | COOK, CHRISTOPHER L | 3797 | DP | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Feb 22, 2023 |
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