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
Endocure Ltd. has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners, meaning the workload is distributed across multiple individuals. Both matters are located within 1 distinct art unit, which provides a consistent organizational framework for the company's current filings.
LANGHALS, RENEE C is identified as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Because there are multiple examiners for the pending actions, the company must address the specific requirements of different individuals even though they operate within the same art unit.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONALD, JAMES F | 1 | 59.1% | +42.8% |
| LANGHALS, RENEE C | 1 | 58.3% | +43.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19258965 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PATHOGENIC CELLS | MCDONALD, JAMES F | — |
| 19258968 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PATHOGENIC CELLS | LANGHALS, RENEE C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19258965 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PATHOGENIC CELLS | MCDONALD, JAMES F | — |
| 19258968 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PATHOGENIC CELLS | LANGHALS, RENEE C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19258965 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PATHOGENIC CELLS | MCDONALD, JAMES F | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19258968 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PATHOGENIC CELLS | LANGHALS, RENEE C | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
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