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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jean-Patrick Netter currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This portfolio of 1 pending action reflects the active effort to secure patent rights for medical and mechanical innovations. The focus on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering is the primary area of activity for this current filing within the patent office, showing a targeted approach to intellectual property.
The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. Since there is only 1 pending office action, the entire workload is concentrated within a single specialized department of the patent office. This alignment suggests that the current technological focus is highly specific and falls under the jurisdiction of one examination group, which simplifies the tracking of procedural requirements and examiner expectations.
ANDERSON, MEGAN M is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the busiest examiner pending count is 1 and there is only 1 total pending office action, ANDERSON, MEGAN M is responsible for the entire pending workload. This centralized structure means that the outcome of the current prosecution effort is entirely dependent on the review of this single examiner, allowing for a focused legal strategy.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, MEGAN M | 1 | 74.9% | +27.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19566446 | EXERCISE AND THERAPY DEVICE | ANDERSON, MEGAN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19566446 | EXERCISE AND THERAPY DEVICE | ANDERSON, MEGAN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3784 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19566446 | EXERCISE AND THERAPY DEVICE | ANDERSON, MEGAN M | 3784 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2026 |
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