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
Global Vascular Co. Ltd. is currently engaged in 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is situated within a distinct art unit, indicating a focused technical scope for the company's current intellectual property filings. The prosecution involves a distinct examiner, allowing for a consistent and direct dialogue during the review of this application.
SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD is the busiest examiner for this company, currently overseeing the 1 pending office action. With only a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit involved, the company's immediate patent goals are tied to the resolution of this single matter. The pending office action in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering is the sole focus of the company's current active prosecution. Practitioners can dedicate their resources to addressing the specific technical standards of the distinct art unit. Successfully navigating the requirements of SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD is a key step for Global Vascular Co. Ltd. to secure its position in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector, starting with the 1 pending action currently under review.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD | 1 | 75.4% | +8.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18567462 | Stent | SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18567462 | Stent | SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
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