Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Medos International Sàrl is active in the Communications technology area with 6 pending office actions. These matters are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, indicating that most cases are being handled by different individuals. The prosecution efforts are concentrated within 2 distinct art units, which suggests a focused technical scope for these communications-related filings.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is CARTER, TARA ROSE E, who is currently managing 2 pending office actions. This is the only examiner in the data set handling more than one matter, as the remaining pending office actions are split among the other distinct examiners. This concentration of 2 actions with one examiner occurs within a total of 6 pending office actions.
The presence of 2 distinct art units for 6 pending office actions shows that the company's technology is being reviewed by a limited number of specialized groups. The busiest examiner pending count of 2 is the highest individual concentration within the total workload. This distribution suggests that while the company engages with 5 distinct examiners, a portion of its strategy is concentrated under a single examiner's review.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 2 | 80.7% | +9.7% |
| LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA | 1 | 76.7% | +23.3% |
| WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 1 | 82.0% | +13.3% |
| PATEL, SHIVANG I | 1 | 75.0% | +16.2% |
| HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 1 | 77.9% | +19.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19242362 | UNILATERAL IMPLANT HOLDERS AND RELATED METHODS | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | — |
| 19238242 | IMPLANT RECEIVERS AND CONNECTORS WITH GRIP GROOVES FOR ROD FIXATION | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19255378 | MULTI-FEATURE POLYAXIAL SCREW | LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA | — |
| 19204462 | BONE SCREW INSERTERS AND METHODS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
| 18789291 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEMS FOR STERILE FIELDS AND OTHER WORKING ENVIRONMENTS | PATEL, SHIVANG I | — |
| 18788062 | MODULAR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED METHODS | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19255378 | MULTI-FEATURE POLYAXIAL SCREW | LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA | — |
| 19204462 | BONE SCREW INSERTERS AND METHODS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
| 18789291 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEMS FOR STERILE FIELDS AND OTHER WORKING ENVIRONMENTS | PATEL, SHIVANG I | — |
| 18788062 | MODULAR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED METHODS | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2615 | 1 |
| 3773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19255378 | MULTI-FEATURE POLYAXIAL SCREW | LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19242362 | UNILATERAL IMPLANT HOLDERS AND RELATED METHODS | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19238242 | IMPLANT RECEIVERS AND CONNECTORS WITH GRIP GROOVES FOR ROD FIXATION | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19204462 | BONE SCREW INSERTERS AND METHODS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 18789291 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEMS FOR STERILE FIELDS AND OTHER WORKING ENVIRONMENTS | PATEL, SHIVANG I | 2615 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18788062 | MODULAR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED METHODS | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
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