Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 6 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Medical Microinstruments Inc. is actively prosecuting a portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, with 10 pending office actions currently on file. These matters are distributed among 10 distinct examiners, meaning each pending action is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution between actions and examiners suggests a highly decentralized examination experience across the portfolio.
The company's filings are currently situated in 6 distinct art units, indicating that their medical device innovations touch upon several different technical classifications. LABRANCHE, BROOKE N is identified as the busiest examiner, though this individual is responsible for 1 pending office action. This highlights the fact that no single examiner handles more than 1 of the 10 pending office actions. With 6 distinct art units involved, the company must navigate a variety of examination cultures and technical standards to advance its active applications toward issuance.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (10%) |
| §103 only | 3 (30%) |
| §102 only | 2 (20%) |
| §112 only | 2 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | 1 | 72.7% | +15.7% |
| TANG, BRYANT | 1 | 86.1% | +0.2% |
| KARWAN, SIHAR A | 1 | 56.5% | +26.9% |
| GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL | 1 | 80.5% | +21.9% |
| JUNG, JAEWOOK | 1 | 81.8% | +33.3% |
| LUAN, SCOTT | 1 | 65.2% | +12.7% |
| CAMERON, ATTICUS A | 1 | 80.0% | +9.1% |
| OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY | 1 | 55.2% | +52.3% |
| MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | 1 | 51.8% | +56.9% |
| HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 1 | 49.2% | +39.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18570404 | METHOD FOR CONDITIONING A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT OF A ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM, WITH CYCLES OF PRE-ELONGATION OF MOVEMENT TRANSMISSION TENDONS, AND RELATED ROBOTIC SYSTEM | JUNG, JAEWOOK | — |
| 18570447 | METHOD OF TELEOPERATION PREPARATION IN A TELEOPERATED ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM AND RELATED SYSTEM | CAMERON, ATTICUS A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18570380 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A MICROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT OF A TELEOPERATED ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM AND RELATED SYSTEM | LUAN, SCOTT | 114d overdue |
| 18871342 | A CONTROL METHOD OF A ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL OR SURGICAL TELEOPERATION AND RELATED ROBOTIC SYSTEM | TANG, BRYANT | — |
| 18788785 | ROLL/BAYONET CONNECTION | GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18570380 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A MICROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT OF A TELEOPERATED ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM AND RELATED SYSTEM | LUAN, SCOTT | 114d overdue |
| 18546219 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LIMITED TELEOPERATION, OVER A SUBSET OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM, OF A MASTER-SLAVE ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL OR SURGICAL TELEOPERATION AND RELATED ROBOTIC SYSTEM | OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY | 89d overdue |
| 18881244 | ARTICULATED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY OR MICROSURGERY, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ASSEMBLY METHOD | LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | — |
| 18851674 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING, BY DECREASING THE IMPARTED SPEED OR POWER, A SLAVE DEVICE CONTROLLED BY A MASTER DEVICE IN A ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL OR SURGICAL TELEOPERATION, AND RELATED ROBOTIC SYSTEM | KARWAN, SIHAR A | — |
| 18788785 | ROLL/BAYONET CONNECTION | GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL | — |
| 18570404 | METHOD FOR CONDITIONING A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT OF A ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM, WITH CYCLES OF PRE-ELONGATION OF MOVEMENT TRANSMISSION TENDONS, AND RELATED ROBOTIC SYSTEM | JUNG, JAEWOOK | — |
| 17748794 | STERILE CONSOLE FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY | MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | — |
| 17056355 | MASTER CONTROLLER ASSEMBLY FOR A ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY FOR MICROSURGERY | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 2 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18881244 | ARTICULATED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY OR MICROSURGERY, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ASSEMBLY METHOD | LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | 3771 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18871342 | A CONTROL METHOD OF A ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL OR SURGICAL TELEOPERATION AND RELATED ROBOTIC SYSTEM | TANG, BRYANT | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18851674 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING, BY DECREASING THE IMPARTED SPEED OR POWER, A SLAVE DEVICE CONTROLLED BY A MASTER DEVICE IN A ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL OR SURGICAL TELEOPERATION, AND RELATED ROBOTIC SYSTEM | KARWAN, SIHAR A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18788785 | ROLL/BAYONET CONNECTION | GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18570404 | METHOD FOR CONDITIONING A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT OF A ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM, WITH CYCLES OF PRE-ELONGATION OF MOVEMENT TRANSMISSION TENDONS, AND RELATED ROBOTIC SYSTEM | JUNG, JAEWOOK | 3656 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18570380 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A MICROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT OF A TELEOPERATED ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM AND RELATED SYSTEM | LUAN, SCOTT | 3792 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 114d overdue | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18570447 | METHOD OF TELEOPERATION PREPARATION IN A TELEOPERATED ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM AND RELATED SYSTEM | CAMERON, ATTICUS A | 3774 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18546219 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LIMITED TELEOPERATION, OVER A SUBSET OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM, OF A MASTER-SLAVE ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL OR SURGICAL TELEOPERATION AND RELATED ROBOTIC SYSTEM | OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY | 2118 | §103 | Final Rejection | 89d overdue | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
| 17748794 | STERILE CONSOLE FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY | MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2022 |
| 17056355 | MASTER CONTROLLER ASSEMBLY FOR A ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY FOR MICROSURGERY | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 3792 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2020 |
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