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
Medici Technologies LLC manages 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The current prosecution activity is highly concentrated, involving only 1 administrative unit and 1 individual. This singular focus allows for a targeted strategy within the specific art unit and technology area, which can lead to a more efficient resolution of the pending matter.
BRUTUS, JOEL F is the busiest examiner, handling 1 pending office action. As the sole examiner for the portfolio's pending matters, BRUTUS, JOEL F's past decisions and examination style are the most relevant data points for the applicant. Practitioners should evaluate the examiner's history within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field to anticipate potential rejections or requirements. The direct alignment of 1 examiner with 1 art unit for the single pending case simplifies the communication process and allows for a more focused approach to the patent office's concerns.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUTUS, JOEL F | 1 | 72.8% | +17.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19238022 | Cardiac Function Assessment System | BRUTUS, JOEL F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19238022 | Cardiac Function Assessment System | BRUTUS, JOEL F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19238022 | Cardiac Function Assessment System | BRUTUS, JOEL F | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
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