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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Empatica Srl currently has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This level of activity indicates a focused effort to secure patent rights for mechanical and medical technologies. The presence of 2 pending office actions shows that the company is navigating multiple simultaneous reviews at the USPTO.
These actions involve 2 distinct examiners but are both located within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration is significant because it means that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, they are doing so under the same supervisory and technical standards of a single art unit. This allows for a more consistent understanding of how this specific unit interprets patent law and mechanical art.
Hough, Jessandra F is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. Because there are 2 pending office actions in total, this examiner is responsible for one of the company's current matters. Practitioners should coordinate their responses to ensure consistency across the portfolio, especially since both examiners are operating within the same art unit environment.
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 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 1 | 45.6% | +35.8% |
| MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 1 | 75.2% | +21.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17967293 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-INVASIVE FORECASTING, DETECTION AND MONITORING OF VIRAL INFECTIONS | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 16d overdue |
| 17743739 | WEARABLE BIOSENSING DEVICE | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17967293 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-INVASIVE FORECASTING, DETECTION AND MONITORING OF VIRAL INFECTIONS | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 16d overdue |
| 17743739 | WEARABLE BIOSENSING DEVICE | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17967293 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-INVASIVE FORECASTING, DETECTION AND MONITORING OF VIRAL INFECTIONS | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 3796 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Oct 17, 2022 |
| 17743739 | WEARABLE BIOSENSING DEVICE | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 13, 2022 |
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