Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
20 pending office actions • 6 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mirus LLC is managing 20 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 6 distinct art units, showing a moderate range of technical focus. The prosecution involves 15 distinct examiners, which suggests that while some examiners handle multiple cases, the work is generally spread out. STEPHANI A HILL is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 3 pending office actions.
This is the highest concentration for any single official among the 15 distinct examiners involved. Managing 20 pending office actions across 6 distinct art units requires the company to address a variety of technical standards and examiner preferences within the medical and mechanical fields. Because there are 15 distinct examiners for 20 pending office actions, the company must be prepared for diverse feedback. The 6 distinct art units represent the primary technical areas where Mirus LLC is active. The company must maintain a versatile strategy to satisfy the requirements of 15 different officials.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 4 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, STEPHANI A | 3 | 29.4% | +44.2% |
| WHITE, KIA XIONG | 3 | 66.0% | +44.1% |
| SMITH, CATHERINE P | 2 | 15.8% | +16.1% |
| ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB | 1 | 62.1% | +23.7% |
| SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 1 | 73.6% | +19.0% |
| YANG, ANDREW | 1 | 84.3% | +10.5% |
| SIPP, AMY R. | 1 | 71.1% | +25.6% |
| GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 1 | 85.4% | +17.2% |
| KU, SI MING | 1 | 72.7% | +32.7% |
| COOK, KYLE A | 1 | 61.8% | +41.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19278100 | SPINAL CAGE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY AND USE | YANG, ANDREW | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18204180 | COATING FOR METAL ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 28d overdue |
| 17876282 | MEDICAL DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A REFRACTORY METAL ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 16d overdue |
| 18222237 | HEAT TREATMENT OF A METAL ALLOY | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 8d |
| 18967034 | METAL ALLOW HAVING RHENIUM EFFECT | HILL, STEPHANI A | 9d |
| 18435262 | REFLECTIVE ROOF COATING HAVING REDUCED TITANIUM DIOXIDE | VAN SELL, NATHAN L | 26d |
| 19574544 | GUIDE FLEX SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY HANDLE FOR PROSTHETIC VALVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS | ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB | — |
| 19200178 | ORTHOPEDIC SCREW FORMED OF IMPROVED METAL ALLOY | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
| 19084400 | ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION DEVICE WITH BIDIRECTIONAL SCREWS | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18204180 | COATING FOR METAL ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 28d overdue |
| 17876282 | MEDICAL DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A REFRACTORY METAL ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 16d overdue |
| 18222237 | HEAT TREATMENT OF A METAL ALLOY | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 8d |
| 18967034 | METAL ALLOW HAVING RHENIUM EFFECT | HILL, STEPHANI A | 9d |
| 19574544 | GUIDE FLEX SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY HANDLE FOR PROSTHETIC VALVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS | ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB | — |
| 19284760 | BONE SCREW LOCKING RECEIVER AND BONE SCREW SYSTEM | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | — |
| 19278100 | SPINAL CAGE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY AND USE | YANG, ANDREW | — |
| 19200178 | ORTHOPEDIC SCREW FORMED OF IMPROVED METAL ALLOY | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 6 |
| 1735 | 5 |
| 3775 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19574544 | GUIDE FLEX SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY HANDLE FOR PROSTHETIC VALVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS | ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB | 3774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2026 |
| 19284760 | BONE SCREW LOCKING RECEIVER AND BONE SCREW SYSTEM | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19278100 | SPINAL CAGE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY AND USE | YANG, ANDREW | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19200178 | ORTHOPEDIC SCREW FORMED OF IMPROVED METAL ALLOY | SIPP, AMY R. | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19084400 | ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION DEVICE WITH BIDIRECTIONAL SCREWS | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19005364 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF BONE PLATING | KU, SI MING | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18967034 | METAL ALLOW HAVING RHENIUM EFFECT | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18620112 | CRIMPER SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | COOK, KYLE A | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18438641 | MEDICAL DEVICE THAT INCLUDES COATING MATERIAL | WHITE, KIA XIONG | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18435262 | REFLECTIVE ROOF COATING HAVING REDUCED TITANIUM DIOXIDE | VAN SELL, NATHAN L | 1783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18418007 | METAL ALLOY HAVING TITANIUM COATING | WHITE, KIA XIONG | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18417939 | METAL ALLOY HAVING ZIRCONIUM CONTAINING COATING | SHARMA, YASHITA | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18400338 | ORTHOPEDIC MEDICAL DEVICES THAT INCLUDE COATING MATERIAL | WHITE, KIA XIONG | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18237300 | METAL ALLOYS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1784 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18233067 | STENT DEVICE FOR SPINAL FUSION | BLASS, PARIS MARIE | 3774 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
| 18222237 | HEAT TREATMENT OF A METAL ALLOY | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1735 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18219798 | SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING REAL-TIME AORTIC VALVE DIAMETER MEASUREMENT | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 18204180 | COATING FOR METAL ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 17876282 | MEDICAL DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A REFRACTORY METAL ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2022 |
| 17586270 | Medical Device That Includes a Rhenium Metal Alloy | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2022 |
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