Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Interrad Medical Inc. is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, where it currently has 3 pending office actions. These 3 pending office actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, suggesting that each matter is being handled by a different individual. This distribution requires the company to manage a variety of examiner styles and perspectives simultaneously.
The portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the technical evaluation of these innovations is focused within a specialized group. CARPENTER, WILLIAM R is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 busiest examiner pending office action represents a portion of the total pending workload for the company.
For practitioners, the presence of 3 distinct examiners within a single art unit requires maintaining consistency in technical arguments. While the examiners may differ, they all operate under the same art unit standards. The workload is evenly spread, as shown by the busiest examiner having only one pending action, which may simplify the management of deadlines across the 3 pending office actions.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | 1 | 54.4% | +52.6% |
| SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 1 | 65.5% | +38.3% |
| SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | 1 | 58.4% | +36.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19443775 | ANCHORING AN INTRAVENOUS CANNULA | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | — |
| 18630477 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANCHORING MEDICAL DEVICES | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19443775 | ANCHORING AN INTRAVENOUS CANNULA | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | — |
| 18762780 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANCHORING MEDICAL DEVICES | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | — |
| 18630477 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANCHORING MEDICAL DEVICES | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19443775 | ANCHORING AN INTRAVENOUS CANNULA | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2026 |
| 18762780 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANCHORING MEDICAL DEVICES | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18630477 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANCHORING MEDICAL DEVICES | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | 3783 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
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