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
Instituto De Pesquisas Tecnológicas Do Estado De São Paulo S A - Ipt has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, Ryan C Rufo, reflecting a targeted approach to its current medical device patent applications. Since there is only 1 pending office action, the entire active portfolio is concentrated with this one examiner. This suggests a highly specific technical focus for the company's current research and development efforts.
Ryan C Rufo is the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. The portfolio is limited to 1 distinct art unit. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the subject matter is highly specialized within the medical devices field. For practitioners, the alignment of the 1 pending office action with a single examiner and art unit means that the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the specific requirements of Ryan C Rufo. This singular focus allows for a deep and consistent technical dialogue during the examination process.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUFO, RYAN C | 1 | 58.9% | +40.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18314588 | AUTOMATED ORBITAL MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND DRAWING THE PIPE PRESERVATION SYSTEM | RUFO, RYAN C | 29d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3722 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18314588 | AUTOMATED ORBITAL MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND DRAWING THE PIPE PRESERVATION SYSTEM | RUFO, RYAN C | 3722 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
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