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
Marvel-Tech Ltd. is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 matter constitutes the whole of the company's active prosecution as shown in the data. The alignment with Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering suggests a portfolio focused on specific technical advancements in this field.
The prosecution is characterized by concentration, with 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved. MEILLER, SEAN V is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. For the practitioner, this means that the success of the current filing depends on the specific interpretations and procedural expectations of this 1 examiner.
Because there is only 1 distinct art unit, the subject matter is being handled within 1 specialized group at the USPTO. This can simplify the prosecution process by ensuring that the examiner is a specialist in the relevant field. With 1 pending office action, the company can dedicate its resources to addressing the specific concerns raised by MEILLER, SEAN V without the need to coordinate across multiple active cases.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEILLER, SEAN V | 1 | 73.9% | +38.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18551369 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM | MEILLER, SEAN V | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18551369 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM | MEILLER, SEAN V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18551369 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM | MEILLER, SEAN V | 3741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
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