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
Gys SAS is currently navigating 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES, who is also designated as the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a highly specific technical focus for this pending matter. This alignment of the pending matter with a single examiner and art unit indicates a highly focused prosecution effort.
With BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES responsible for the 1 pending office action, the company's immediate prosecution success depends entirely on the interactions within this single art unit. The busiest examiner is currently handling 1 pending office action, which simplifies the administrative tracking for this portfolio. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific requirements and examination style of the assigned individual. Because the workload is limited to 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution path is currently narrow and focused on the specific technical standards of that unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | 1 | 68.4% | +41.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18420819 | METAL-SHEET STRAIGHTENING DEVICE | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18420819 | METAL-SHEET STRAIGHTENING DEVICE | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18420819 | METAL-SHEET STRAIGHTENING DEVICE | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | 3726 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
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