Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Fkg Dentaire Sàrl is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This level of activity suggests a targeted intellectual property strategy where the company is focusing its efforts on a specific medical or mechanical innovation. The concentration of work in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector indicates that the company's current legal resources are dedicated to this technical domain.
The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, which provides a streamlined path through the USPTO. This alignment between 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit typically results in a more consistent examination process, as the applicant needs to address the specific interpretations of a particular official. The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the pending technology is well-defined within a specific classification.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE is the examiner involved, the outcome of this 1 busiest examiner pending action is a major factor in the portfolio's current progress. Practitioners should analyze the specific examination style of WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE to effectively navigate the 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 1 | 14.3% | +100.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17928520 | ENDODONTIC INSTRUMENT, IN PARTICULAR FOR REAMING A ROOT CANAL | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 161d overdue |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17928520 | ENDODONTIC INSTRUMENT, IN PARTICULAR FOR REAMING A ROOT CANAL | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 161d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17928520 | ENDODONTIC INSTRUMENT, IN PARTICULAR FOR REAMING A ROOT CANAL | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 161d overdue | Pending | Nov 29, 2022 |
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