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
Ellenial Surgical LLC currently faces 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This application is situated within a distinct art unit, aligning with the company's specialized technical field. The alignment suggests that the examiner is likely well-versed in the mechanical complexities of surgical instrumentation.
The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner, providing a streamlined interaction for the pending matter. MCEVOY, THOMAS M is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing the pending office action. This focused prosecution environment allows for a highly specialized dialogue regarding the mechanical nuances of the surgical devices being patented.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 1 | 70.8% | +35.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18887621 | FECALITH REMOVAL SYSTEM | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 42d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18887621 | FECALITH REMOVAL SYSTEM | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 3771 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
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