Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Mevion Medical Systems Inc. is managing 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This means each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. The use of 2 distinct art units shows that the company's semiconductor and optics innovations are being evaluated across two different specialized groups.
Bernard Rojas is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 pending office action. With 3 pending office actions in total, the prosecution effort is spread across multiple examiners. This decentralized structure means that the company is receiving feedback from 3 distinct examiners. This variety of examiner perspectives can lead to different prosecution experiences across the portfolio, as each of the 3 distinct examiners may have unique approaches to the examination process. Practitioners should be prepared to manage these matters across the 2 distinct art units involved in the current prosecution.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROJAS, BERNARD | 1 | 83.0% | +7.8% |
| CHANG, HANWAY | 1 | 86.1% | +7.7% |
| SMITH, DAVID E | 1 | 85.2% | +7.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18580478 | TOROIDAL GANTRY FOR A PARTICLE THERAPY SYSTEM | SMITH, DAVID E | 6d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19100037 | BENDING MAGNET | ROJAS, BERNARD | — |
| 18726204 | GANTRY CONFIGURED FOR TRANSLATIONAL MOVEMENT | CHANG, HANWAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 1 |
| 2881 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19100037 | BENDING MAGNET | ROJAS, BERNARD | 2837 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 18726204 | GANTRY CONFIGURED FOR TRANSLATIONAL MOVEMENT | CHANG, HANWAY | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18580478 | TOROIDAL GANTRY FOR A PARTICLE THERAPY SYSTEM | SMITH, DAVID E | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
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