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
Myodynamics LLC currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 pending office action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, MENDEZ, KATHERINE H. As the only examiner currently reviewing the company's applications, MENDEZ, KATHERINE H is also the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. The prosecution is taking place within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a very focused presence for Myodynamics LLC within the USPTO's Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering division.
The concentration of 1 pending office action with 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit provides a straightforward path for prosecution. There is no complexity arising from multiple examiner perspectives or different art unit policies. Practitioners can dedicate their efforts to understanding the specific requirements of MENDEZ, KATHERINE H for the 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1:1:1 ratio of actions to examiners to art units suggests a highly targeted patenting strategy. The focus on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering is managed entirely through this single channel, allowing for a consistent and efficient approach to the 1 pending office action. This high degree of concentration minimizes the administrative overhead for the current portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | 1 | 66.8% | +33.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18805278 | TAMPONADE DEVICE | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18805278 | TAMPONADE DEVICE | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | 3771 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
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