Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Micronvision Corp. manages a portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. There are currently 7 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, but they are all concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while multiple examiners are involved, the technical focus of the pending applications is very narrow.
HENDERSON, RYAN N is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, overseeing 3 busiest examiner pending office actions. This represents a significant portion of the 7 pending office actions. The remaining actions are split between the other distinct examiners, indicating that HENDERSON, RYAN N has the highest individual workload for this company.
The concentration in 1 distinct art unit is notable for a portfolio with 7 pending office actions. Practitioners should expect consistent technical standards across these filings, even though they are handled by 3 distinct examiners. The outcome for Micronvision Corp. is heavily influenced by the 3 busiest examiner pending actions under HENDERSON, RYAN N.
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 | 3 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLER, RYNAE E | 3 | 62.4% | +8.8% |
| HENDERSON, RYAN N | 2 | 63.9% | +18.3% |
| CHOU, WILLIAM B | 1 | 72.6% | +20.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17843217 | ENDOSCOPIC FLUORESCENCE IMAGING | HENDERSON, RYAN N | 81d overdue |
| 18628133 | ERGONOMIC URETEROSCOPE HAVING SINGLE-USE AND REUSABLE PORTIONS | HENDERSON, RYAN N | — |
| 18374740 | HAND-HELD ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM WITH A SINGLE-USE CANNULA AND A SINGLE-USE ACCESS SHEATH | BOLER, RYNAE E | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17843217 | ENDOSCOPIC FLUORESCENCE IMAGING | HENDERSON, RYAN N | 81d overdue |
| 18628133 | ERGONOMIC URETEROSCOPE HAVING SINGLE-USE AND REUSABLE PORTIONS | HENDERSON, RYAN N | — |
| 18083209 | Compact Robotic Endoscope | CHOU, WILLIAM B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18628133 | ERGONOMIC URETEROSCOPE HAVING SINGLE-USE AND REUSABLE PORTIONS | HENDERSON, RYAN N | 3795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18374740 | HAND-HELD ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM WITH A SINGLE-USE CANNULA AND A SINGLE-USE ACCESS SHEATH | BOLER, RYNAE E | 3795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18211486 | HAND-HELD, MULTI-BAND IMAGING PEN | BOLER, RYNAE E | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 104d overdue | Pending | Jun 19, 2023 |
| 18113395 | PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY IMAGING | BOLER, RYNAE E | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2023 |
| 18083209 | Compact Robotic Endoscope | CHOU, WILLIAM B | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 17843217 | ENDOSCOPIC FLUORESCENCE IMAGING | HENDERSON, RYAN N | 3795 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 81d overdue | Pending | Jun 17, 2022 |
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