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
Kammerer Medical Systems GmbH & Co. Kg currently has 1 pending office action in its patent portfolio. This matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, AARON ROGERS MERRIAM. Consequently, AARON ROGERS MERRIAM is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. The portfolio data indicates 0 distinct art units. This 1 pending office action accounts for the entirety of the company's active patent prosecution. The progress of the organization's intellectual property is currently dependent on the review conducted by AARON ROGERS MERRIAM.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMIALAHMADI, MAJID | 1 | 74.3% | +57.6% |
| MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 1 | 31.6% | +63.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18853017 | MEDICAL PUNCH TIP, SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18852927 | MEDICAL TOOL TIP, ACTUATION DEVICE, SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, AND SECURING METHOD | JAMIALAHMADI, MAJID | — |
| 18853017 | MEDICAL PUNCH TIP, SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18852927 | MEDICAL TOOL TIP, ACTUATION DEVICE, SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, AND SECURING METHOD | JAMIALAHMADI, MAJID | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18853017 | MEDICAL PUNCH TIP, SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
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