Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
J&M Shuler Medical, Inc. focuses its patent portfolio on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions. These matters are consolidated under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a high degree of technical and administrative consistency in the company's current prosecution.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is MENSH, ANDREW J. This individual is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. Because the total number of pending office actions is 2, MENSH, ANDREW J is handling all of the company's active matters. This concentration allows the company to develop a consistent rapport and strategy with a single official at the patent office.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit for both pending actions indicates that the company's medical and mechanical innovations are being evaluated within the same regulatory framework. Managing multiple matters with 1 distinct examiner reduces the need for diverse legal approaches across different departments. The company can focus its resources on addressing the specific concerns raised by MENSH, ANDREW J across its active filings.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENSH, ANDREW J | 2 | 64.3% | +19.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18379318 | SYSTEM FOR VACUUM SUCTION AND IRRIGATION OF WOUNDS | MENSH, ANDREW J | 56d |
| 18640439 | MECHANICAL WOUND THERAPY FOR SUB-ATMOSPHERIC WOUND CARE SYSTEM | MENSH, ANDREW J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18640439 | MECHANICAL WOUND THERAPY FOR SUB-ATMOSPHERIC WOUND CARE SYSTEM | MENSH, ANDREW J | 3781 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18379318 | SYSTEM FOR VACUUM SUCTION AND IRRIGATION OF WOUNDS | MENSH, ANDREW J | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
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