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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kyon AG currently has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, with WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E serving as the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. Despite having 2 distinct examiners, all pending matters are situated within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a consistent administrative environment for the company's medical device and mechanical claims.
The presence of 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit provides a specific prosecution scenario. While the internal policies of the art unit will be uniform, the practitioner must navigate the individual nuances of both examiners, including WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E. With 2 pending office actions to manage, the strategy should balance the consistency of the art unit's standards with the specific feedback received from the examiners to ensure cohesive portfolio development in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E | 1 | 80.6% | +17.3% |
| KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 1 | 58.4% | +37.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18690450 | Apparatus and Method for Canine Elbow Correction | WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17761365 | BEAD HEAD FOR LOCKING BONE SCREWS | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18690450 | Apparatus and Method for Canine Elbow Correction | WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E | — |
| 17761365 | BEAD HEAD FOR LOCKING BONE SCREWS | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18690450 | Apparatus and Method for Canine Elbow Correction | WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 17761365 | BEAD HEAD FOR LOCKING BONE SCREWS | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 3775 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2022 |
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