Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 1 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gaumard Scientific Company, Inc. currently faces 11 pending office actions. These matters are primarily situated within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Despite the volume of actions, prosecution is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. The workload is distributed among 10 distinct examiners, which suggests a broad range of perspectives on the company's patent applications.
Timothy A Musselman is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 2 pending actions. The fact that 11 pending office actions are handled by 10 distinct examiners indicates that most examiners are only dealing with a single application from the company. This distribution across many examiners within a single art unit is a notable characteristic of their current prosecution profile. It implies that while the technical focus is narrow enough to stay within one art unit, the specific inventions are diverse enough to be assigned to nearly a dozen different individuals. For a practitioner, this means navigating the specific preferences of 10 distinct examiners while maintaining a consistent strategy for the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.
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 | 4 (40%) |
| §102 only | 1 (10%) |
| §112 only | 2 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAINT-VIL, EDDY | 1 | 43.1% | +29.3% |
| MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A | 1 | 58.2% | +25.9% |
| UTAMA, ROBERT J | 1 | 60.2% | +29.4% |
| LANE, DANIEL E | 1 | 3.9% | +8.3% |
| ZAMAN, SADARUZ | 1 | 45.6% | +33.7% |
| BULLINGTON, ROBERT P | 1 | 42.7% | +30.3% |
| YIP, JACK | 1 | 33.0% | +37.8% |
| HULL, JAMES B | 1 | 45.4% | +52.4% |
| FRENCH, CORRELL T | 1 | 44.4% | +32.7% |
| ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO | 1 | 45.8% | +35.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19029712 | PROPORTIONAL VALVES FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | LANE, DANIEL E | — |
| 19030688 | LOWER TORSO OVERLAYS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | ZAMAN, SADARUZ | — |
| 18933480 | SHOULDER JOINT AND BREAST WITH AXILLA REGION FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | FRENCH, CORRELL T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19030618 | VOCAL CORD TRAUMA FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | SAINT-VIL, EDDY | — |
| 19029131 | INSERT CONNECTION SYSTEMS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A | — |
| 19029014 | HEAD AND NECK SYSTEM FOR A PATIENT SIMULATOR | UTAMA, ROBERT J | — |
| 19030688 | LOWER TORSO OVERLAYS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | ZAMAN, SADARUZ | — |
| 19030167 | CHEST WOUNDS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | BULLINGTON, ROBERT P | — |
| 19028985 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | YIP, JACK | — |
| 18933416 | NECK, HIP, CENTRAL VENOUS LINE, GASTRONOMY SITE, AND POWER PLATE COMPONENTS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | HULL, JAMES B | — |
| 18933480 | SHOULDER JOINT AND BREAST WITH AXILLA REGION FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | FRENCH, CORRELL T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19030618 | VOCAL CORD TRAUMA FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | SAINT-VIL, EDDY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19029131 | INSERT CONNECTION SYSTEMS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19029014 | HEAD AND NECK SYSTEM FOR A PATIENT SIMULATOR | UTAMA, ROBERT J | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19029712 | PROPORTIONAL VALVES FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | LANE, DANIEL E | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19030688 | LOWER TORSO OVERLAYS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | ZAMAN, SADARUZ | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19030167 | CHEST WOUNDS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | BULLINGTON, ROBERT P | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19028985 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | YIP, JACK | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18933416 | NECK, HIP, CENTRAL VENOUS LINE, GASTRONOMY SITE, AND POWER PLATE COMPONENTS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | HULL, JAMES B | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18933480 | SHOULDER JOINT AND BREAST WITH AXILLA REGION FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | FRENCH, CORRELL T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18416689 | PATIENT SIMULATOR WITH INTERCHANGEABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR EKG, DEFIBRILLATION, AND OTHER MEDICAL TRAINING PROCEDURES | ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
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