Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 1 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Medcaptain Medical Technology Co. Ltd. holds 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. While these actions are spread across 5 distinct examiners, they are all contained within 1 distinct art unit, which may lead to consistent prior art citations despite the variety of examiners. This structure suggests that the company's applications are technically similar enough to be grouped together by the USPTO within 1 distinct art unit.
PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L is identified as the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. Given that each of the 5 pending office actions is handled by a different examiner, the workload is distributed, with no examiner managing more than 1 case for the company. This requires the company to manage 5 distinct examiners while navigating the specific examination culture of the 1 distinct art unit involved.
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) | 5 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | 1 | 74.4% | +14.9% |
| ABU-DAYEH, TAGWA MOHAMMAD | 1 | — | — |
| WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| HARRIS, WESLEY G | 1 | 73.3% | +22.0% |
| SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE | 1 | 58.8% | +71.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18915284 | NUTRIENT INFUSION CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | — |
| 18661647 | Syringe Fixation Device, Syringe Pump And Control Method Therefor | ABU-DAYEH, TAGWA MOHAMMAD | — |
| 18605811 | Method for Updating Infusion Control Parameter, Device, Infusion Pump and Storage Medium | WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY | — |
| 18595830 | Infusion Device, Control Method, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium | HARRIS, WESLEY G | — |
| 18405076 | Liquid Infusion Control Method and Apparatus, Electronic Device and Storage Medium | SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18915284 | NUTRIENT INFUSION CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | — |
| 18595830 | Infusion Device, Control Method, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium | HARRIS, WESLEY G | — |
| 18405076 | Liquid Infusion Control Method and Apparatus, Electronic Device and Storage Medium | SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18915284 | NUTRIENT INFUSION CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18661647 | Syringe Fixation Device, Syringe Pump And Control Method Therefor | ABU-DAYEH, TAGWA MOHAMMAD | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2024 |
| 18605811 | Method for Updating Infusion Control Parameter, Device, Infusion Pump and Storage Medium | WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18595830 | Infusion Device, Control Method, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium | HARRIS, WESLEY G | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18405076 | Liquid Infusion Control Method and Apparatus, Electronic Device and Storage Medium | SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE | 3741 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
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