Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Epitel Inc. maintains a patent portfolio focused on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering with 3 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners, indicating a specific ratio of pending matters to examining personnel. Prosecution is centralized within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a consistent technical classification for the company's current filings.
The busiest examiner identified in the portfolio is BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because each of the 3 distinct examiners handles exactly 1 pending matter, the workload is evenly spread across the examining staff. This distribution within 1 distinct art unit may allow for a specialized understanding of the company's technology by the patent office staff. The 3 pending office actions are reviewed by the distinct examiners, ensuring varied perspectives within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN handles 1 pending office action as part of this distribution.
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 | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | 1 | 50.0% | +54.6% |
| WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | 1 | 79.3% | +13.8% |
| YOON, CHANEL J | 1 | 55.0% | +40.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18785854 | EEG RECORDING AND ANALYSIS | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | — |
| 18674653 | ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEIZURE DETECTION | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | — |
| 18674608 | ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEIZURE DETECTION | YOON, CHANEL J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18785854 | EEG RECORDING AND ANALYSIS | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | — |
| 18674653 | ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEIZURE DETECTION | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | — |
| 18674608 | ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEIZURE DETECTION | YOON, CHANEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18785854 | EEG RECORDING AND ANALYSIS | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18674653 | ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEIZURE DETECTION | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | 3791 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18674608 | ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEIZURE DETECTION | YOON, CHANEL J | 3791 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
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