Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Giacomini S P A currently has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between distinct art units. Each of the 2 pending actions is assigned to one of 2 distinct examiners, resulting in an even ratio of actions to examiners.
JONATHAN J WADDY is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This single action represents a portion of the total 2 pending actions for the portfolio. With 2 distinct art units involved, the prosecution strategy must adapt to the specific requirements of each unit, even though the total volume of pending office actions is limited.
The distribution across distinct examiners and art units ensures that no single individual controls the entirety of the current prosecution. This distribution within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector suggests that the patent applications cover different mechanical or medical concepts. Practitioners must address the specific nuances of both art units to successfully resolve the 2 pending actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WADDY, JONATHAN J | 1 | 71.7% | +36.7% |
| CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH | 1 | 78.9% | +34.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18561227 | AERAULIC DEVICE AND RADIANT CEILING THERMAL SYSTEM WITH INTERNAL AIR MIXING | CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH | 5d |
| 19153634 | Reduced Stroke Control Cartridge For Hydraulic Valve | WADDY, JONATHAN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18561227 | AERAULIC DEVICE AND RADIANT CEILING THERMAL SYSTEM WITH INTERNAL AIR MIXING | CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH | 5d |
| 19153634 | Reduced Stroke Control Cartridge For Hydraulic Valve | WADDY, JONATHAN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19153634 | Reduced Stroke Control Cartridge For Hydraulic Valve | WADDY, JONATHAN J | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 |
| 18561227 | AERAULIC DEVICE AND RADIANT CEILING THERMAL SYSTEM WITH INTERNAL AIR MIXING | CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH | 3762 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
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