Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Nagoya Denki Educational Foundation has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is handling 1 pending action. The portfolio's current activity is contained within 1 distinct art unit. ANSARI, TAHMINA N is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action.
This structure indicates that while the foundation's technology falls under 1 distinct art unit, it is being evaluated by 2 distinct examiners simultaneously. For practitioners, this provides an opportunity to observe how different examiners within the same Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering art unit handle similar subject matter. The 2 pending office actions are evenly distributed, as shown by the 1 pending action assigned to ANSARI, TAHMINA N. This balance ensures that the foundation is not overly reliant on a single examiner's interpretation. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests a consistent technological theme across the foundation's filings.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANSARI, TAHMINA N | 1 | 85.4% | +18.6% |
| GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ | 1 | 76.3% | +19.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18857810 | SURGICAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND SURGICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE | ANSARI, TAHMINA N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18245713 | SURGICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND SURGERY SUPPORT SYSTEM | GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ | 32d overdue |
| 18857810 | SURGICAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND SURGICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE | ANSARI, TAHMINA N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18857810 | SURGICAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND SURGICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE | ANSARI, TAHMINA N | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18245713 | SURGICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND SURGERY SUPPORT SYSTEM | GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 32d overdue | Pending | Mar 16, 2023 |
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