Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mind Medicine Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is reviewing one matter. Both actions are located in 1 distinct art unit, which offers a unified procedural setting for the company's current filings. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering activity is focused on a specific technical niche.
LANE, DANIEL E is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. Because there are 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the workload is perfectly split. Practitioners only need to coordinate with 2 distinct examiners within the same 1 distinct art unit. This small portfolio of 2 pending office actions allows for a streamlined prosecution approach, as all current matters are contained within a single administrative unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH | 2 | 50.0% | +62.1% |
| LANE, DANIEL E | 1 | 3.9% | +8.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19171122 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS OF TEXTS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, COUNSELING, AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES | LANE, DANIEL E | — |
| 19023132 | FORMULATIONS OF PSILOCIN THAT HAVE ENHANCED STABILITY | HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH | — |
| 18824317 | FORMULATIONS OF PSILOCIN THAT HAVE ENHANCED STABILITY | HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19023132 | FORMULATIONS OF PSILOCIN THAT HAVE ENHANCED STABILITY | HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH | — |
| 18824317 | FORMULATIONS OF PSILOCIN THAT HAVE ENHANCED STABILITY | HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19171122 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS OF TEXTS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, COUNSELING, AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES | LANE, DANIEL E | 3715 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19023132 | FORMULATIONS OF PSILOCIN THAT HAVE ENHANCED STABILITY | HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18824317 | FORMULATIONS OF PSILOCIN THAT HAVE ENHANCED STABILITY | HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
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