Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lutronic Corporation maintains a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 7 pending office actions currently active. These actions are spread across 7 distinct examiners, meaning no two pending matters are being reviewed by the same person. This distribution suggests that the company's prosecution strategy involves a diverse set of interactions with various patent office personnel.
The portfolio is categorized into 3 distinct art units, which indicates that while the examiners are all different, the technical focus is concentrated in a few specific areas. SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending office action. Since each of the 7 distinct examiners is responsible for only 1 pending office action, the company's 7 pending office actions are entirely decentralized. Practitioners should note that the 3 distinct art units provide the primary technical framework for these 7 active applications, even as they are reviewed by 7 different individuals.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 1 | 33.3% | +37.7% |
| LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 1 | 52.9% | +20.8% |
| PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | 1 | 77.8% | +13.0% |
| STEINBERG, AMANDA L | 1 | 51.3% | +27.0% |
| SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 1 | 58.0% | +14.9% |
| NELSON, HUNTER JARED | 1 | 38.7% | +24.5% |
| KISH, JAMES M | 1 | 62.4% | +11.8% |
| DIETZ, NOE ROBERT | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18054781 | MUSCLE STIMULATION APPARATUS USING MAGNETIC FIELD PULSE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND MUSCLE STIMULATION METHOD USING SAME | DIETZ, NOE ROBERT | 43d overdue |
| 18443227 | LIGHT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR TREATING VASCULAR LESIONS | KISH, JAMES M | 9d overdue |
| 18953530 | HANDPIECE FOR TREATMENT APPARATUS | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | — |
| 18906011 | MEDICAL RF APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | — |
| 18747210 | TIP MODULE FOR SKIN TREATMENT DEVICE USING RF ENERGY, SKIN TREATMENT DEVICE USING RF ENERGY INCLUDING THE SAME, AND SKIN TREATMENT METHOD USING RF ENERGY | SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | — |
| 18689619 | LASER APPARATUS | NELSON, HUNTER JARED | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18443227 | LIGHT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR TREATING VASCULAR LESIONS | KISH, JAMES M | 9d overdue |
| 19009801 | Three-Dimensional Laser Scan for Fractional Injury | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | — |
| 18953530 | HANDPIECE FOR TREATMENT APPARATUS | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | — |
| 18906011 | MEDICAL RF APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | — |
| 18903429 | OPHTHALMIC THERAPEUTIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | — |
| 18747210 | TIP MODULE FOR SKIN TREATMENT DEVICE USING RF ENERGY, SKIN TREATMENT DEVICE USING RF ENERGY INCLUDING THE SAME, AND SKIN TREATMENT METHOD USING RF ENERGY | SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | — |
| 18689619 | LASER APPARATUS | NELSON, HUNTER JARED | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19009801 | Three-Dimensional Laser Scan for Fractional Injury | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18953530 | HANDPIECE FOR TREATMENT APPARATUS | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18906011 | MEDICAL RF APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18903429 | OPHTHALMIC THERAPEUTIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18747210 | TIP MODULE FOR SKIN TREATMENT DEVICE USING RF ENERGY, SKIN TREATMENT DEVICE USING RF ENERGY INCLUDING THE SAME, AND SKIN TREATMENT METHOD USING RF ENERGY | SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18689619 | LASER APPARATUS | NELSON, HUNTER JARED | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18443227 | LIGHT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR TREATING VASCULAR LESIONS | KISH, JAMES M | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18054781 | MUSCLE STIMULATION APPARATUS USING MAGNETIC FIELD PULSE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND MUSCLE STIMULATION METHOD USING SAME | DIETZ, NOE ROBERT | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Nov 11, 2022 |
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