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
The patent portfolio for Michael Cohen currently includes 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, indicating that the prosecution process is highly centralized. Furthermore, the data shows that the work is being conducted within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests the technology is classified within a specific mechanical engineering discipline.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is DAVID, SHAUN L, who is currently responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 busiest examiner pending office action accounts for the entirety of the company's current pending workload. As a result, the progress of the filings in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector is entirely dependent on the review and timelines of this 1 distinct examiner.
For practitioners, the presence of 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner means there is no variability in the examination environment. The strategy for Michael Cohen must be specifically tailored to the requirements and preferences of DAVID, SHAUN L. Navigating the pending matter requires a focused approach that addresses the specific concerns of the examiner within the identified art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID, SHAUN L | 1 | 72.8% | +19.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18261098 | MECHANICAL VALVE SYSTEMS WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES | DAVID, SHAUN L | 56d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18261098 | MECHANICAL VALVE SYSTEMS WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES | DAVID, SHAUN L | 56d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18261098 | MECHANICAL VALVE SYSTEMS WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES | DAVID, SHAUN L | 3771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 56d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
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