Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
18 pending office actions • 5 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH is managing 18 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 15 distinct examiners. The portfolio involves 5 distinct art units.
GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 2 pending actions. With 18 pending office actions and 15 distinct examiners, there is significant variety in examiner perspectives. The concentration in 5 distinct art units suggests that while many examiners are involved, they are likely working within a few related technical groups.
The presence of 18 pending office actions indicates a high level of activity at the USPTO. Because there are 15 distinct examiners, the company must manage a wide range of examiner interactions, even though the technical focus remains within 5 distinct art units in the medical device sector. The 2 actions under the busiest examiner represent a small portion of the total.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (6%) |
| §103 only | 6 (33%) |
| §102 only | 2 (11%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | 2 | 45.8% | +49.3% |
| PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | 2 | 77.8% | +13.0% |
| PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 2 | 56.5% | +48.6% |
| FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | 1 | 72.7% | +12.4% |
| DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 1 | 64.0% | +48.9% |
| GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY | 1 | 76.5% | +37.3% |
| OUYANG, BO | 1 | 60.6% | +8.8% |
| PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1 | 77.1% | +5.9% |
| RHODES, NORA W | 1 | 54.1% | +25.5% |
| AKAR, SERKAN | 1 | 66.0% | +33.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17991399 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMAGE-BASED SUPPORT OF A USER | PRICE, NATHAN R | 22d |
| 18481541 | ABLATION INSTRUMENT | BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER | 39d |
| 19058135 | PLASMA PROBE | GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | — |
| 19051828 | ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH CARBON FIBER ELECTRODE | PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | — |
| 18810029 | TREATMENT DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD | FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | — |
| 18650159 | KNIFE UNIT | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | — |
| 18642079 | PLASMA INSTRUMENT | GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY | — |
| 18608085 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SPRAYING LIQUIDS | PROCTOR, CACHET I | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17500317 | Apparatus for Attachment of a Light Receiving Device to a Surgical Instrument | GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | 16d overdue |
| 19058135 | PLASMA PROBE | GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | — |
| 19051828 | ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH CARBON FIBER ELECTRODE | PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | — |
| 18882855 | ABLATION INSTRUMENT | PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | — |
| 18810029 | TREATMENT DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD | FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | — |
| 18650159 | KNIFE UNIT | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | — |
| 18642079 | PLASMA INSTRUMENT | GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY | — |
| 18408910 | SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATION THEREOF | RHODES, NORA W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 8 |
| 3783 | 2 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19058135 | PLASMA PROBE | GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19051828 | ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH CARBON FIBER ELECTRODE | PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18882855 | ABLATION INSTRUMENT | PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18810029 | TREATMENT DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD | FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18650159 | KNIFE UNIT | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18642079 | PLASMA INSTRUMENT | GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18642171 | PLASMA INSTRUMENT WITH LATERAL WINDOWS | OUYANG, BO | 3794 | §102 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18608085 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SPRAYING LIQUIDS | PROCTOR, CACHET I | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18408910 | SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATION THEREOF | RHODES, NORA W | 3794 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18406970 | PLASMA PROBE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT OF TISSUE | AKAR, SERKAN | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18513378 | COAGULATION INSTRUMENT | GANAN-SINGH, CHRISTINA MERAIAH | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18481541 | ABLATION INSTRUMENT | BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 17991399 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMAGE-BASED SUPPORT OF A USER | PRICE, NATHAN R | 3783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Nov 21, 2022 |
| 17955025 | INSTRUMENT CONNECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF | LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH | 3783 | §112 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Sep 28, 2022 |
| 17628666 | ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2022 |
| 17628727 | ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2022 |
| 17500317 | Apparatus for Attachment of a Light Receiving Device to a Surgical Instrument | GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Oct 13, 2021 |
| 17408791 | Device and Method for Tissue Analysis | KELLOGG, MICHAEL S | 3798 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2021 |
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