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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Muffin Incorporated has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. For a company with 1 pending office action, this concentration means that the entire current prosecution strategy is tied to the decisions of a single individual. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific requirements and historical tendencies of the assigned examiner to ensure a smooth path forward.
TRUONG, MILTON LARSON is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because TRUONG, MILTON LARSON is the only examiner involved, their feedback will be the primary factor in the success of the portfolio. The presence of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology being pursued is categorized within a specific technical group at the USPTO. This concentration allows the legal team to focus their efforts on the standards of 1 distinct art unit rather than navigating multiple sets of guidelines. Success will likely depend on a direct and effective dialogue with the assigned examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRUONG, MILTON LARSON | 1 | 61.4% | +41.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19270527 | PERCUTANEOUS, ULTRASOUND-GUIDED INTRODUCTION OF MEDICAL DEVICES | TRUONG, MILTON LARSON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19270527 | PERCUTANEOUS, ULTRASOUND-GUIDED INTRODUCTION OF MEDICAL DEVICES | TRUONG, MILTON LARSON | 3798 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
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