Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Gini Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, BRUCE, FAROUK A, who is also the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The entire active portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a very specific technical focus for the company's current prosecution efforts. With only 1 examiner and 1 art unit involved, the prosecution is centralized under a single point of review. This concentration allows for a highly focused strategy but also means that the company's immediate success is tied to the decisions of one individual within one specific department. Practitioners should prioritize a deep understanding of the standards in this 1 distinct art unit and the specific examination history of the 1 assigned examiner to effectively manage the 1 pending office action.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE, FAROUK A | 1 | 49.1% | +38.3% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19307923 | INNER-CORPOREAL DOCKING OF THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC CATHETERS TO AN EXISTING GUIDEWIRE | BRUCE, FAROUK A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19307923 | INNER-CORPOREAL DOCKING OF THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC CATHETERS TO AN EXISTING GUIDEWIRE | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialGini Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Farouk A Bruce has the most, with 1 of Gini Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.