Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
G C Laser Systems Inc. manages a company patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio currently has 2 pending office actions. Both of these actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J, who is the busiest examiner with 2 pending office actions. This concentration shows that the entire active workload is being handled by a single individual.
The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for the pending applications. For a patent practitioner, this means that the 2 pending office actions are subject to the same examination standards and prior art landscape. Having 1 distinct examiner for all active matters allows for a very consistent prosecution strategy. WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J is the sole point of contact for the 2 pending office actions, which simplifies the communication process between the applicant and the USPTO.
However, the reliance on 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit also means that the portfolio's progress is entirely dependent on the review of WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J. The 2 pending office actions represent the totality of the current workload, making their resolution critical for the portfolio's growth. Practitioners should carefully analyze the past behavior of WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J to effectively manage the 2 pending office actions. This centralized approach reduces administrative complexity but increases the impact of a single examiner's decisions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 2 | 42.3% | +40.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17323704 | Laser Ablation and Laser Processing Fume and Contaminant Capture System | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | — |
| 15859013 | Laser Ablation and Processing Methods and Systems | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17323704 | Laser Ablation and Laser Processing Fume and Contaminant Capture System | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | — |
| 15859013 | Laser Ablation and Processing Methods and Systems | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17323704 | Laser Ablation and Laser Processing Fume and Contaminant Capture System | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 18, 2021 |
| 15859013 | Laser Ablation and Processing Methods and Systems | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 3761 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2017 |
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