Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
International Life Sciences LLC D/B/A Artelon has 5 pending office actions currently active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These filings are spread among 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This structure suggests a focused prosecution effort where a small group of examiners is responsible for evaluating the company's mechanical and medical innovations.
The busiest examiner identified in the portfolio is DAVID, SHAUN L, who is managing 2 pending office actions. Since there are 5 pending office actions in total, this examiner handles 2 of the active matters. The involvement of 4 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's applications are being processed within a narrow range of the patent office's organizational structure.
Practitioners should observe that the 2 distinct art units represent the primary technical environments for these 5 pending office actions. Navigating these specific units effectively is crucial for the company's overall patent strategy in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. The current workload distribution provides a clear view of the company's technical priorities.
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) | 5 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID, SHAUN L | 2 | 72.8% | +19.5% |
| POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 1 | 59.5% | +33.3% |
| BATES, DAVID W | 1 | 76.4% | +16.7% |
| TANNER, JOCELIN C | 1 | 72.2% | +34.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18376118 | INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SECURING ANCHORS, ELASTOMERIC DEVICES, AND OTHER ELEMENTS IN BONE | DAVID, SHAUN L | 27d |
| 18481223 | SURGICAL ANCHORS, INSTRUMENTATION, AND METHODS OF USE | DAVID, SHAUN L | 34d |
| 19076450 | PASSING NEEDLES FOR ELASTOMERIC DEVICES | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | — |
| 19051595 | PIN GUIDE AND DRILL GUIDE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BATES, DAVID W | — |
| 18376085 | INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SECURING ANCHORS, ELASTOMERIC DEVICES, AND OTHER ELEMENTS IN BONE | TANNER, JOCELIN C | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18376118 | INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SECURING ANCHORS, ELASTOMERIC DEVICES, AND OTHER ELEMENTS IN BONE | DAVID, SHAUN L | 27d |
| 18481223 | SURGICAL ANCHORS, INSTRUMENTATION, AND METHODS OF USE | DAVID, SHAUN L | 34d |
| 19076450 | PASSING NEEDLES FOR ELASTOMERIC DEVICES | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | — |
| 19051595 | PIN GUIDE AND DRILL GUIDE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BATES, DAVID W | — |
| 18376085 | INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SECURING ANCHORS, ELASTOMERIC DEVICES, AND OTHER ELEMENTS IN BONE | TANNER, JOCELIN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 3 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19076450 | PASSING NEEDLES FOR ELASTOMERIC DEVICES | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19051595 | PIN GUIDE AND DRILL GUIDE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BATES, DAVID W | 3799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18481223 | SURGICAL ANCHORS, INSTRUMENTATION, AND METHODS OF USE | DAVID, SHAUN L | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Oct 04, 2023 |
| 18376085 | INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SECURING ANCHORS, ELASTOMERIC DEVICES, AND OTHER ELEMENTS IN BONE | TANNER, JOCELIN C | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
| 18376118 | INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SECURING ANCHORS, ELASTOMERIC DEVICES, AND OTHER ELEMENTS IN BONE | DAVID, SHAUN L | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
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