Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gt Metabolic Solutions Inc. has 5 pending office actions focused in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are handled by 4 distinct examiners. Despite the variety of examiners, the entire pending portfolio is situated within 1 distinct art unit, which centralizes the technical review process for these applications. This concentration suggests that the company's current mechanical and medical innovations are being evaluated under a unified set of examination standards within that specific unit.
Examiner TANNER, JOCELIN C is the busiest individual in this portfolio, managing 2 pending office actions. This examiner handles a larger portion of the 5 total actions compared to the other 4 distinct examiners. For a practitioner, this means that TANNER, JOCELIN C has a significant influence on the overall progress of the company's pending matters. The presence of 4 distinct examiners across 1 distinct art unit requires a strategy that accounts for individual examiner quirks while adhering to the art unit's specific technical requirements. Managing 2 pending office actions with the busiest examiner allows for some consolidation of prosecution efforts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TANNER, JOCELIN C | 2 | 72.2% | +34.8% |
| DAVID, SHAUN L | 1 | 72.8% | +19.5% |
| HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM | 1 | 50.4% | +53.3% |
| LONG, SARAH A | 1 | 60.6% | +42.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19175167 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ASSISTING MAGNETIC COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS | TANNER, JOCELIN C | — |
| 18747941 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A MAGNETIC IMPLANT FOR FORMING AN ANASTOMOSIS AT A TARGET LOCATION IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT | HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM | — |
| 18650852 | MAGNETIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MAGNETICALLY CLAMPING A PORTION OF A HOLLOW ORGAN OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT | LONG, SARAH A | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19022747 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ASSISTING MAGNETIC COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS | TANNER, JOCELIN C | 78d overdue |
| 19226996 | ANASTOMOSIS FORMATION WITH MAGNETIC DEVICES HAVING TEMPORARY RETENTION MEMBER | DAVID, SHAUN L | — |
| 19175167 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ASSISTING MAGNETIC COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS | TANNER, JOCELIN C | — |
| 18747941 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A MAGNETIC IMPLANT FOR FORMING AN ANASTOMOSIS AT A TARGET LOCATION IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT | HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM | — |
| 18650852 | MAGNETIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MAGNETICALLY CLAMPING A PORTION OF A HOLLOW ORGAN OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT | LONG, SARAH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19226996 | ANASTOMOSIS FORMATION WITH MAGNETIC DEVICES HAVING TEMPORARY RETENTION MEMBER | DAVID, SHAUN L | 3771 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19175167 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ASSISTING MAGNETIC COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS | TANNER, JOCELIN C | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19022747 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ASSISTING MAGNETIC COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS | TANNER, JOCELIN C | 3771 | §102 | Final Rejection | 78d overdue | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18747941 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A MAGNETIC IMPLANT FOR FORMING AN ANASTOMOSIS AT A TARGET LOCATION IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT | HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18650852 | MAGNETIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MAGNETICALLY CLAMPING A PORTION OF A HOLLOW ORGAN OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT | LONG, SARAH A | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
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