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 • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Medivis Inc. maintains a focused patent portfolio with 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This activity is confined to a distinct art unit, indicating a specialized technical focus for the current filing. The distinct examiner assigned to the case ensures a direct line of communication with the patent office.
AMY R. SIPP is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing the pending office action. Since there is only a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, the prosecution process is centralized. This structure suggests that the company is currently prioritizing a specific innovation within the mechanical engineering domain. The 1 distinct art unit serves as the primary focus of the company's current interaction with the patent office. This concentration of resources may lead to a more efficient examination process for the pending matter.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIPP, AMY R. | 1 | 71.1% | +25.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18900135 | ADJUSTABLE NAVIGATED SURGICAL DRILL SHEATH | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18900135 | ADJUSTABLE NAVIGATED SURGICAL DRILL SHEATH | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18900135 | ADJUSTABLE NAVIGATED SURGICAL DRILL SHEATH | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
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