Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Keranova currently has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are split between 2 distinct art units, indicating that the portfolio touches on different specialized examination groups. The prosecution process involves distinct examiners, with each reviewer handling a pending case. This arrangement requires the company to manage its intellectual property strategy across different regulatory environments within the patent office.
ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK is the busiest examiner for Keranova, responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the 2 pending office actions are located in 2 distinct art units, the legal team must account for the specific procedural expectations of each administrative division. This structure highlights the need for consistent messaging across the distinct examiners currently reviewing the portfolio. Practitioners should monitor these cases for any shared feedback patterns that could influence the broader strategy for the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK | 1 | — | — |
| WALKER, OLIVIA | 1 | 35.7% | +75.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18609999 | APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A HUMAN OR ANIMAL TISSUE COMPRISING AN OPTICAL COUPLER | ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK | — |
| 18559169 | COUPLING INTERFACE BETWEEN A LASER SOURCE AND A TISSUE TO BE TREATED | WALKER, OLIVIA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18559169 | COUPLING INTERFACE BETWEEN A LASER SOURCE AND A TISSUE TO BE TREATED | WALKER, OLIVIA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3700 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18609999 | APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A HUMAN OR ANIMAL TISSUE COMPRISING AN OPTICAL COUPLER | ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK | 3700 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18559169 | COUPLING INTERFACE BETWEEN A LASER SOURCE AND A TISSUE TO BE TREATED | WALKER, OLIVIA | 3796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
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