Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Kabushiki Kaisha Top is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a focused technical scope for the company's current filings. This concentration allows for a focused legal approach but lacks the risk mitigation provided by a more diverse examiner pool.
The entirety of the company's 1 pending office action is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner. This means that the prosecution strategy for Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering is currently a singular effort without the complexity of multiple examiner personalities. Practitioners should note that the 1 distinct art unit provides a stable environment for this action, as there are no competing art unit standards to navigate. Success in this technology area currently hinges on the interaction with RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN | 1 | 26.3% | +11.4% |
| VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH | 1 | 58.5% | +50.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17262944 | MICROSYRINGE UNIT | VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH | 30d |
| 18466362 | SYRINGE CONNECTOR | RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17262944 | MICROSYRINGE UNIT | VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH | 30d |
| 18466362 | SYRINGE CONNECTOR | RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18466362 | SYRINGE CONNECTOR | RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN | 3783 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 17262944 | MICROSYRINGE UNIT | VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Jan 25, 2021 |
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