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
Healshape is currently addressing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The prosecution is highly localized, as the data shows the portfolio is active in only 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a specific technological focus for the active matter currently under review by the patent office. By operating within 1 distinct art unit, the company can apply a consistent strategy to its current intellectual property challenges.
The examiner STEWART, ALVIN J is listed as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there is 1 distinct examiner involved across the entire portfolio, this individual oversees all current office action responses. The success of the 1 pending office action depends on the interaction within this 1 distinct art unit and the specific requirements of the assigned examiner. Practitioners should analyze the past behavior of STEWART, ALVIN J to better predict the timeline for resolving the outstanding application.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEWART, ALVIN J | 1 | 82.1% | +0.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18029290 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL BODY IMPLANTS | STEWART, ALVIN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18029290 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL BODY IMPLANTS | STEWART, ALVIN J | 3799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
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