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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
LOHMANN & RAUSCHER GMBH maintains a patent portfolio focused on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Currently, the portfolio contains 1 pending office action, which is handled by 1 distinct examiner. This examiner, MEDWAY, SCOTT J, is responsible for the 1 busiest examiner pending action.
The prosecution activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit, indicating a narrow technical focus for the current filings. Practitioners working on this portfolio deal with a single point of contact at the patent office, as MEDWAY, SCOTT J is the only examiner listed. This concentration in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering suggests that the company's current legal efforts are directed toward a specific subset of their technology.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit reinforces this observation of a specialized and limited prosecution pipeline. The alignment between the 1 distinct examiner and the 1 distinct art unit suggests a streamlined administrative path. With 1 pending office action to manage, the company can focus its resources on this specific matter and maintain a stable prosecution strategy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 1 | 70.8% | +35.5% |
| MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 1 | 66.7% | +23.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17786496 | VACUUM SPONGE DRAINAGE | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18009058 | WOUND DEBRIDEMENT CLOTH | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | — |
| 17786496 | VACUUM SPONGE DRAINAGE | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18009058 | WOUND DEBRIDEMENT CLOTH | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2023 |
| 17786496 | VACUUM SPONGE DRAINAGE | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2022 |
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