Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Encora Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Both of these actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a concentrated technical focus for the company's current medical device filings. The presence of 2 pending office actions indicates an ongoing effort to secure patent protection within this specific mechanical engineering domain.
The portfolio involves 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each pending matter is handled by a different individual. MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 pending office action. While the matters are within the same art unit, the use of 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions ensures that different individuals are reviewing the company's mechanical engineering applications. This can provide multiple perspectives on the company's core technology within a single specialized group.
For practitioners, the concentration in 1 distinct art unit simplifies the technical landscape, but the involvement of 2 distinct examiners requires managing two different prosecution styles. MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E and the other examiner each provide an independent review of the company's applications. This structure ensures that the company's medical device innovations are thoroughly vetted by different individuals within the same technical department.
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 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | 2 | 46.5% | +54.6% |
| RAUBENSTRAW, TYLER ALLEN | 1 | 71.0% | +30.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18768886 | WEARABLE DEVICE FOR TARGETED PERIPHERAL STIMULATION | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
| 18447656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING VIBRATORY STIMULUS IN A WEARABLE DEVICE | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18448385 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCTION OF NEUROLOGICAL MOVEMENT DISORDER SYMPTOMS USING WEARABLE DEVICE | RAUBENSTRAW, TYLER ALLEN | 27d |
| 18768886 | WEARABLE DEVICE FOR TARGETED PERIPHERAL STIMULATION | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
| 18447656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING VIBRATORY STIMULUS IN A WEARABLE DEVICE | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18768886 | WEARABLE DEVICE FOR TARGETED PERIPHERAL STIMULATION | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18448385 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCTION OF NEUROLOGICAL MOVEMENT DISORDER SYMPTOMS USING WEARABLE DEVICE | RAUBENSTRAW, TYLER ALLEN | 3785 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
| 18447656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING VIBRATORY STIMULUS IN A WEARABLE DEVICE | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
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