Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Myant Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 4 actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution suggests that while the company's technology is focused within the medical and mechanical fields, it spans at least two different technical sub-specialties.
WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because there are 4 distinct examiners for 4 pending office actions, each case is being reviewed by a different individual. However, the use of only 2 distinct art units means that multiple examiners are working within the same technical groups. This requires the company to manage 4 different examiner relationships while maintaining consistency across the 2 art units. Practitioners should be aware that even within the same art unit, different examiners may have varying interpretations of the company's technology. The current workload is evenly split among the 4 examiners.
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) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | 1 | 84.7% | +14.2% |
| MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 1 | 53.7% | +75.5% |
| LEE JR, WOODY A | 1 | 84.6% | +12.9% |
| HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 1 | 27.3% | +33.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18840343 | TEXTILE PRESSURE SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD | WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | — |
| 18839109 | GARMENT SYSTEM WITH A DYNAMIC ELECTRODE LEAD CONFIGURATION | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | — |
| 18682783 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINED TEMPERATURE SENSING AND HEATING | LEE JR, WOODY A | — |
| 18081972 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHYSIOLOGY MONITORING GARMENT | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18840343 | TEXTILE PRESSURE SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD | WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | — |
| 18839109 | GARMENT SYSTEM WITH A DYNAMIC ELECTRODE LEAD CONFIGURATION | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | — |
| 18682783 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINED TEMPERATURE SENSING AND HEATING | LEE JR, WOODY A | — |
| 18081972 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHYSIOLOGY MONITORING GARMENT | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18840343 | TEXTILE PRESSURE SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD | WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18839109 | GARMENT SYSTEM WITH A DYNAMIC ELECTRODE LEAD CONFIGURATION | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18682783 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINED TEMPERATURE SENSING AND HEATING | LEE JR, WOODY A | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18081972 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHYSIOLOGY MONITORING GARMENT | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 3796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
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