Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Matica Fintec S P A manages a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The current prosecution status involves 1 pending office action. This specific matter represents the full scope of the company's active engagement with the patent office at this time. The resolution of this 1 pending office action will define the portfolio's immediate progress.
The company's strategy is concentrated within 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This level of focus suggests that the legal team can dedicate its attention to the specific procedural requirements of an individual technical group. Because only 1 distinct art unit is involved, there is no need to coordinate across different examination divisions. The presence of 1 distinct examiner ensures that the company receives feedback from a consistent point of authority.
MARKMAN, MAKENA is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. The outcome of the company's current efforts in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering depends on the resolution of this specific case. Practitioners should prepare for the 1 busiest examiner pending office action by reviewing the previous rulings and preferences of MARKMAN, MAKENA.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 1 | 42.7% | +6.0% |
| MARKMAN, MAKENA | 1 | 59.8% | +38.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17439644 | CARD POSITIONING DEVICE FOR CARD TREATING DEVICES AND CARD TREATING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH POSITIONING DEVICE | MARKMAN, MAKENA | 34d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17439644 | CARD POSITIONING DEVICE FOR CARD TREATING DEVICES AND CARD TREATING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH POSITIONING DEVICE | MARKMAN, MAKENA | 34d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18698547 | INKJET PRINTING UNIT FOR CARDS AND RELATED PRINTING METHOD | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 17439644 | CARD POSITIONING DEVICE FOR CARD TREATING DEVICES AND CARD TREATING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH POSITIONING DEVICE | MARKMAN, MAKENA | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Sep 15, 2021 |
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