Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lifebridge Innovations Pbc is actively managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The prosecution of this portfolio is currently handled by 1 distinct examiner. This indicates a focused approach to the company's intellectual property development in this technical domain.
The pending action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, which is consistent with the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering classification. BERTRAM, ERIC D is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action under review. This examiner is the sole point of contact for the company's current pending office actions. The localization within a single art unit allows for a specialized review of the company's mechanical innovations.
The presence of 1 distinct examiner across 1 distinct art unit simplifies the prosecution landscape for the company. With the current pending office action, the practitioner can focus on a singular set of examiner preferences and art unit trends. This centralized data point suggests a streamlined path for the current phase of the company's patent applications, allowing for a more direct response to patent office requirements.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERTRAM, ERIC D | 1 | 81.2% | +12.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18755871 | REDUCING PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION WHILE TREATING A SUBJECT USING ALTERNATING ELECTRIC FIELDS BY DEACTIVATING SELECTED ELECTRODE ELEMENTS | BERTRAM, ERIC D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18755871 | REDUCING PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION WHILE TREATING A SUBJECT USING ALTERNATING ELECTRIC FIELDS BY DEACTIVATING SELECTED ELECTRODE ELEMENTS | BERTRAM, ERIC D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18755871 | REDUCING PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION WHILE TREATING A SUBJECT USING ALTERNATING ELECTRIC FIELDS BY DEACTIVATING SELECTED ELECTRODE ELEMENTS | BERTRAM, ERIC D | 3796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
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