Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
G I Windows Inc. is managing 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Both of these actions are assigned to the same 1 distinct examiner, LAUER, CHRISTINA C. Furthermore, these matters are being processed within 1 distinct art unit, indicating consistency in the company's current prosecution environment.
LAUER, CHRISTINA C is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 2 pending office actions. This examiner is responsible for all of the company's 2 pending office actions. Having a single examiner for multiple filings allows the applicant to develop a consistent understanding of the examiner's specific technical and procedural expectations.
The concentration of 2 pending office actions under 1 distinct examiner and within 1 distinct art unit provides a consistent environment. It reduces the need to navigate different examiner styles or varying art unit standards. Practitioners can apply the feedback received on one application directly to the other, potentially streamlining the path to allowance for both Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3 | 68.6% | +14.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18384022 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESERVING AND MANIPULATING OF ACUTE OTOMIES | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 28d |
| 19029809 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESERVING AND MANIPULATING ACUTE OTOMIES | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18405558 | SELF-ASSEMBLING MAGNETIC ANASTOMOSIS DEVICE HAVING AN EXOSKELETON | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 20d |
| 18384022 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESERVING AND MANIPULATING OF ACUTE OTOMIES | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 28d |
| 19029809 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESERVING AND MANIPULATING ACUTE OTOMIES | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19029809 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESERVING AND MANIPULATING ACUTE OTOMIES | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18405558 | SELF-ASSEMBLING MAGNETIC ANASTOMOSIS DEVICE HAVING AN EXOSKELETON | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18384022 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESERVING AND MANIPULATING OF ACUTE OTOMIES | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
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