Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

John Paul Bunting

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

Analysis

John Paul Bunting maintains a company patent portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Currently, the portfolio includes 1 pending office action. This workload is handled by 1 distinct examiner, DAHER, KIRA B, who is also the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. All prosecution activity is localized within 1 distinct art unit.

For a practitioner, this concentration means the company's current USPTO engagement is limited to a specific channel. The 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the active pipeline. Navigating the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field with 1 distinct examiner allows for a highly focused approach. However, it also means the portfolio's immediate growth depends on the resolution of the 1 busiest examiner pending action. Practitioners should tailor their strategy specifically to the tendencies of DAHER, KIRA B to optimize outcomes within the 1 distinct art unit.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAHER, KIRA B 1 41.6% +54.3%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18018365 DEVICE FOR DELIVERY OF A COMPOUND TO SPECIFIC REGIONS OF THE NASAL CAVITY DAHER, KIRA B —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18018365 DEVICE FOR DELIVERY OF A COMPOUND TO SPECIFIC REGIONS OF THE NASAL CAVITY DAHER, KIRA B —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3785 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18018365 DEVICE FOR DELIVERY OF A COMPOUND TO SPECIFIC REGIONS OF THE NASAL CAVITY DAHER, KIRA B 3785 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 27, 2023

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