Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mendaera Inc. is managing 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. Each examiner is located in a different art unit, totaling 2 distinct art units.
Joel F Brutus is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, handling 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action is one of the 2 total pending actions for the company. The use of 2 distinct art units for only 2 pending actions suggests that each filing falls under a different technical classification within the medical devices field. Practitioners must adapt to the specific standards of 2 distinct art units and the individual review styles of 2 distinct examiners. This distribution means that each of the 2 pending office actions is being reviewed in a unique technical and examiner environment. The 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units require a highly individualized approach for each pending matter.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUTUS, JOEL F | 1 | 72.8% | +17.7% |
| WALKER, OLIVIA | 1 | 35.7% | +75.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18637946 | STERILE DISPOSABLE INTERFACES FOR PERCUTANEOUS INSTRUMENTS | WALKER, OLIVIA | 12d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19079820 | IMAGE-GUIDED ROBOTIC SYSTEM WITH REMOTE GUIDANCE, IMAGE STEERING, MULTI-PLANE IMAGING, NEEDLE VISUALIZATION ENHANCEMENT, AND CONSTRAINED BACKDRIVING | BRUTUS, JOEL F | 30d overdue |
| 18637946 | STERILE DISPOSABLE INTERFACES FOR PERCUTANEOUS INSTRUMENTS | WALKER, OLIVIA | 12d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19079820 | IMAGE-GUIDED ROBOTIC SYSTEM WITH REMOTE GUIDANCE, IMAGE STEERING, MULTI-PLANE IMAGING, NEEDLE VISUALIZATION ENHANCEMENT, AND CONSTRAINED BACKDRIVING | BRUTUS, JOEL F | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 18637946 | STERILE DISPOSABLE INTERFACES FOR PERCUTANEOUS INSTRUMENTS | WALKER, OLIVIA | 3796 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
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