Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Inductio AG is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being reviewed within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for the company's current patenting efforts. The prosecution is handled by a distinct examiner, which simplifies the management of the company's applications.
PAL, PRINCE is the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for the busiest examiner pending action. As this is the only 1 pending office action for the company, PAL, PRINCE is the sole official currently engaged with the portfolio. The involvement of a distinct art unit and a single examiner allows the company to concentrate its resources on the specific requirements of this case. This focused prosecution environment means that the company only needs to address the standards of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAL, PRINCE | 1 | 70.8% | +16.5% |
| BURKE, THOMAS P | 1 | 43.9% | +21.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18843699 | CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR A DRUG CONTAINER, AND DRUG CONTAINER COMPRISING A CLOSURE SYSTEM | PAL, PRINCE | 71d overdue |
| 18579119 | CLOSURE CAP AND CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR A SYRINGE THAT IS PREFILLED WITH A MEDICAMENT OR MEDICAL ACTIVE SUBSTANCE | BURKE, THOMAS P | 23d |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18843699 | CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR A DRUG CONTAINER, AND DRUG CONTAINER COMPRISING A CLOSURE SYSTEM | PAL, PRINCE | 71d overdue |
| 18579119 | CLOSURE CAP AND CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR A SYRINGE THAT IS PREFILLED WITH A MEDICAMENT OR MEDICAL ACTIVE SUBSTANCE | BURKE, THOMAS P | 23d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3735 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18843699 | CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR A DRUG CONTAINER, AND DRUG CONTAINER COMPRISING A CLOSURE SYSTEM | PAL, PRINCE | 3735 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 71d overdue | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18579119 | CLOSURE CAP AND CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR A SYRINGE THAT IS PREFILLED WITH A MEDICAMENT OR MEDICAL ACTIVE SUBSTANCE | BURKE, THOMAS P | 3741 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
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