Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fotona D O O is managing 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are spread across 3 distinct art units, indicating that each matter is being handled in a different technical environment. The involvement of distinct examiners for each action ensures that the 3 pending matters are being reviewed independently.
MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action currently under review. This represents one of the 3 total pending actions for the portfolio. The distribution of the pending workload across multiple examiners and 3 distinct art units reflects a diverse prosecution landscape for this entity. Practitioners should expect independent review processes for each matter, as there is no concentration of personnel.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | 1 | 55.9% | +20.4% |
| CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | 1 | 59.6% | +27.7% |
| COLEMAN, RYAN L | 1 | 56.0% | +59.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18672138 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PATTERNED LASER TREATMENT OF A TISSUE SURFACE | MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | — |
| 17016809 | LASER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE LASER SYSTEM | COLEMAN, RYAN L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18672138 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PATTERNED LASER TREATMENT OF A TISSUE SURFACE | MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | — |
| 17325612 | LASER BRUSH | CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | — |
| 17016809 | LASER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE LASER SYSTEM | COLEMAN, RYAN L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 1714 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18672138 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PATTERNED LASER TREATMENT OF A TISSUE SURFACE | MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | 3796 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 17325612 | LASER BRUSH | CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2021 |
| 17016809 | LASER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE LASER SYSTEM | COLEMAN, RYAN L | 1714 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2020 |
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