Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Medintech Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. Both of these actions are assigned to a distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the company's mechanical filings are closely related, allowing for a focused approach within that unit.
There are 2 distinct examiners reviewing the portfolio. SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA is the busiest, with 1 pending office action. The use of 2 different examiners within the same art unit provides the company with multiple perspectives on its technology. This distribution requires the company to address the specific tendencies of two different officials.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | 1 | 50.4% | +27.4% |
| WU, PAMELA F | 1 | 57.3% | +22.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18288185 | ENDOSCOPE CONTROLLED BY POWER RECEPTOR | WU, PAMELA 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18953648 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ENDOSCOPIC SCOPE | SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | — |
| 18288185 | ENDOSCOPE CONTROLLED BY POWER RECEPTOR | WU, PAMELA F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18953648 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ENDOSCOPIC SCOPE | SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18288185 | ENDOSCOPE CONTROLLED BY POWER RECEPTOR | WU, PAMELA F | 3795 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
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