Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | 3 | 50.0% | +65.8% |
| ROBERTS, ANNA L | 1 | 56.7% | +38.5% |
| LANGE, ERIC A | 1 | 77.5% | +12.4% |
| SHOSTAK, ANDREY | 1 | 52.2% | +61.8% |
| RUSSELL, SYDNEY REYES | 1 | 48.6% | +48.5% |
| XU, JUSTIN | 1 | 60.2% | +36.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17919064 | DEVICE, PROCESS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING SITUATIONS OF A PATIENT | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | 63d |
| 18841005 | FLUID CONYEVING DEVICE FOR INTRODUCING FLUID INTO AND/OR REMOVING FLUID FROM AN ESOPHAGEAL BALLOON CATHETER | ROBERTS, ANNA L | — |
| 18705799 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATED CHARACTERISATION OF OESOPHAGEAL CATHETERS HAVING A BALLOON PROBE | LANGE, ERIC A | — |
| 17843403 | DEVICE, PROCESS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING A PATIENT COMPONENT | RUSSELL, SYDNEY REYES | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18026453 | VENTILATOR DEVICE WITH FRAME AND DEVICE HOUSING ACCOMMODATED ROTATABLY THEREON | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | 49d overdue |
| 17919064 | DEVICE, PROCESS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING SITUATIONS OF A PATIENT | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | 63d |
| 18841005 | FLUID CONYEVING DEVICE FOR INTRODUCING FLUID INTO AND/OR REMOVING FLUID FROM AN ESOPHAGEAL BALLOON CATHETER | ROBERTS, ANNA L | — |
| 18705799 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATED CHARACTERISATION OF OESOPHAGEAL CATHETERS HAVING A BALLOON PROBE | LANGE, ERIC A | — |
| 18279682 | CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR AN ESOPHAGUS CATHETER WITH A BALLOON PROBE FOR DETERMINING ESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE | SHOSTAK, ANDREY | — |
| 18021140 | VENTILATOR DEVICE HAVING AN INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE LOCKED ON AN INNER FUNCTIONAL ARRANGEMENT | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | — |
| 17843403 | DEVICE, PROCESS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING A PATIENT COMPONENT | RUSSELL, SYDNEY REYES | — |
| 17295487 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE THROUGH WHICH BREATHING GAS CAN FLOW FOR MEASURING GAS COMPONENTS OF THE BREATHING GAS | XU, JUSTIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 4 |
| 3791 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18841005 | FLUID CONYEVING DEVICE FOR INTRODUCING FLUID INTO AND/OR REMOVING FLUID FROM AN ESOPHAGEAL BALLOON CATHETER | ROBERTS, ANNA L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18705799 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATED CHARACTERISATION OF OESOPHAGEAL CATHETERS HAVING A BALLOON PROBE | LANGE, ERIC A | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18279682 | CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR AN ESOPHAGUS CATHETER WITH A BALLOON PROBE FOR DETERMINING ESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE | SHOSTAK, ANDREY | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18026453 | VENTILATOR DEVICE WITH FRAME AND DEVICE HOUSING ACCOMMODATED ROTATABLY THEREON | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Mar 15, 2023 |
| 18021140 | VENTILATOR DEVICE HAVING AN INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE LOCKED ON AN INNER FUNCTIONAL ARRANGEMENT | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | 3785 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2023 |
| 17919064 | DEVICE, PROCESS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING SITUATIONS OF A PATIENT | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | 3785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 63d | Pending | Oct 14, 2022 |
| 17843403 | DEVICE, PROCESS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING A PATIENT COMPONENT | RUSSELL, SYDNEY REYES | 3785 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2022 |
| 17295487 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE THROUGH WHICH BREATHING GAS CAN FLOW FOR MEASURING GAS COMPONENTS OF THE BREATHING GAS | XU, JUSTIN | 3791 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2021 |
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