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
Hironic Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M, who is also the busiest examiner for the portfolio. With 1 busiest examiner pending action, the entire prosecution effort for the company is concentrated with this one individual at the patent office.
The portfolio is currently active in 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a very specific technical focus for the company's medical device innovations. Managing 1 pending office action is a streamlined process, as there is only 1 distinct examiner to engage with. This allows for a highly targeted prosecution strategy without the need to coordinate across different examination groups or technical classifications.
Practitioners should recognize that the presence of 1 distinct examiner means that the portfolio's progress depends on the assessment of SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M. The focus on 1 distinct art unit simplifies the technical landscape for the pending application. With 1 pending office action, the company's immediate priority is to address the specific concerns of this single examiner to move the prosecution forward effectively.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | 1 | 69.4% | +26.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19165105 | AESTHETIC TREATMENT DEVICE | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19165105 | AESTHETIC TREATMENT DEVICE | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19165105 | AESTHETIC TREATMENT DEVICE | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | 3797 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2025 |
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