Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
11 pending office actions • 6 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Medmix Switzerland AG currently has 11 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being handled by 11 distinct examiners, resulting in a unique examiner assignment for every pending matter. These examiners are distributed across 6 distinct art units, highlighting the technical breadth of the portfolio.
MELARAGNO, MICHAEL is the busiest examiner, though he only holds 1 pending office action. Because the pending office actions are split among the distinct examiners, there is no individual overseeing the bulk of the work. The involvement of 6 distinct art units requires the applicant to coordinate across multiple specialized groups within the patent office. Managing the workload with the distinct examiners ensures that the company's success is not dependent on the disposition of any reviewer. The company's ability to navigate these diverse art units will be critical for the overall growth of its patent portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (9%) |
| §103 only | 1 (9%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (73%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | 1 | 67.4% | +11.7% |
| ZADEH, BOB | 1 | 77.0% | +38.6% |
| STRANSKY, KATRINA MARIE | 1 | 74.2% | +24.5% |
| BOECKMANN, JASON J | 1 | 49.1% | +28.4% |
| SHAH, NILAY J | 1 | 76.3% | +46.9% |
| NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 1 | 67.7% | +9.8% |
| PONTON, JAMES D | 1 | 79.9% | +32.7% |
| GRAY, PAUL J | 1 | 78.2% | +10.8% |
| NG, HENRY | 1 | 64.1% | +52.2% |
| ULSH, DUNG T | 1 | 78.4% | +17.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18429114 | REFILLABLE MASTIC CARTRIDGE, DISPENSER, FILLING STATION AND SYSTEM COMPRISING A MASTIC CARTRIDGE, A DISPENSER AND A FILLING STATION, AS WELL AS CARTRIDGE AND CONNECTOR FOR A CARTRIDGE | GRAY, PAUL J | 141d overdue |
| 18704861 | AUTOINJECTOR | NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 4d overdue |
| 18029887 | IMPROVED STATIC MIXING TIP | INSLER, ELIZABETH | 13d |
| 18862091 | DISPENSING SYSTEM, DISPENSING OUTLET AND CARTRIDGE | MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | — |
| 18853104 | MIXER FOR MIXING AND DISPENSING AT LEAST TWO COMPONENTS | STRANSKY, KATRINA MARIE | — |
| 18705290 | AUTOINJECTOR | SHAH, NILAY J | — |
| 18703687 | AUTOINJECTOR | PONTON, JAMES D | — |
| 18285956 | DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE | NG, HENRY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18429114 | REFILLABLE MASTIC CARTRIDGE, DISPENSER, FILLING STATION AND SYSTEM COMPRISING A MASTIC CARTRIDGE, A DISPENSER AND A FILLING STATION, AS WELL AS CARTRIDGE AND CONNECTOR FOR A CARTRIDGE | GRAY, PAUL J | 141d overdue |
| 18853099 | MIXER FOR MIXING AT LEAST TWO MATERIALS AND MIXING AND DISPENSING ASSEMBLY | ZADEH, BOB | 41d |
| 18784664 | SPRAY NOZZLE | BOECKMANN, JASON J | 62d |
| 18862091 | DISPENSING SYSTEM, DISPENSING OUTLET AND CARTRIDGE | MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | — |
| 18853104 | MIXER FOR MIXING AND DISPENSING AT LEAST TWO COMPONENTS | STRANSKY, KATRINA MARIE | — |
| 18705290 | AUTOINJECTOR | SHAH, NILAY J | — |
| 18703687 | AUTOINJECTOR | PONTON, JAMES D | — |
| 18285956 | DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE | NG, HENRY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 2 |
| 3783 | 2 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18862091 | DISPENSING SYSTEM, DISPENSING OUTLET AND CARTRIDGE | MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | 3754 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18853099 | MIXER FOR MIXING AT LEAST TWO MATERIALS AND MIXING AND DISPENSING ASSEMBLY | ZADEH, BOB | 3754 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18853104 | MIXER FOR MIXING AND DISPENSING AT LEAST TWO COMPONENTS | STRANSKY, KATRINA MARIE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18784664 | SPRAY NOZZLE | BOECKMANN, JASON J | 3752 | §103 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18705290 | AUTOINJECTOR | SHAH, NILAY J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18704861 | AUTOINJECTOR | NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18703687 | AUTOINJECTOR | PONTON, JAMES D | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18429114 | REFILLABLE MASTIC CARTRIDGE, DISPENSER, FILLING STATION AND SYSTEM COMPRISING A MASTIC CARTRIDGE, A DISPENSER AND A FILLING STATION, AS WELL AS CARTRIDGE AND CONNECTOR FOR A CARTRIDGE | GRAY, PAUL J | 3753 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 141d overdue | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18285956 | DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE | NG, HENRY | 3741 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18285992 | DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE | ULSH, DUNG T | 3783 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18029887 | IMPROVED STATIC MIXING TIP | INSLER, ELIZABETH | 1774 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
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