Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kardium Inc. currently has 6 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are handled by 4 distinct examiners. Despite having multiple examiners, all 6 pending office actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a high level of organizational consistency at the patent office for this portfolio.
BRIAN T GEDEON is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 2 pending office actions. Since there are 6 pending office actions and only 4 distinct examiners, some examiners are handling more than one application. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's technology is being evaluated by a specific group of specialists within the medical devices field.
The concentration of 6 actions in 1 art unit may allow for a more unified prosecution strategy compared to portfolios spread across multiple units. While there are 4 distinct examiners, the shared art unit environment likely means they follow similar internal guidelines. BRIAN T GEDEON, with 2 pending office actions, represents a significant portion of the company's current active matters.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| §102 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEDEON, BRIAN T | 2 | 86.9% | +7.2% |
| OUYANG, BO | 2 | 60.6% | +8.8% |
| BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | 1 | 91.0% | +7.3% |
| BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | 1 | 72.9% | +12.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18982381 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING, ACTIVATING, OR SELECTING AND ACTIVATING TRANSDUCERS | GEDEON, BRIAN T | — |
| 18951919 | ENHANCED MEDICAL DEVICE FOR USE IN BODILY CAVITIES, FOR EXAMPLE AN ATRIUM | BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18982251 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING, ACTIVATING, OR SELECTING AND ACTIVATING TRANSDUCERS | GEDEON, BRIAN T | — |
| 17885990 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING TISSUE BASED ON NAVIGATION INFORMATION | BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17885990 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING TISSUE BASED ON NAVIGATION INFORMATION | BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18982381 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING, ACTIVATING, OR SELECTING AND ACTIVATING TRANSDUCERS | GEDEON, BRIAN T | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18982251 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING, ACTIVATING, OR SELECTING AND ACTIVATING TRANSDUCERS | GEDEON, BRIAN T | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18951919 | ENHANCED MEDICAL DEVICE FOR USE IN BODILY CAVITIES, FOR EXAMPLE AN ATRIUM | BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18905309 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT FACILITATE TRANSDUCER SELECTION FOR ACTIVATION BASED ON TISSUE CONTACT INFORMATION | OUYANG, BO | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18905250 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING, ACTIVATING, OR SELECTING AND ACTIVATING TRANSDUCERS | OUYANG, BO | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 17885990 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING TISSUE BASED ON NAVIGATION INFORMATION | BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2022 |
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