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
Naturalskn Limited has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP, who manages 1 pending office action as the busiest examiner for the portfolio. All current activity is contained within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technological focus. For a company with 1 pending office action, the prosecution process is centralized. This allows for a dedicated approach to addressing the specific concerns raised by PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP.
The involvement of only 1 distinct art unit means the company is operating within a single examination environment. This lack of fragmentation across multiple units simplifies the task of tracking relevant precedents and examiner preferences. Because 1 distinct examiner is responsible for the entire pending workload, the applicant can maintain a singular focus during interviews and written responses. The Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area often involves complex technical requirements, but having only 1 pending office action allows for a concentrated allocation of resources. This structure ensures that the prosecution strategy remains consistent and focused on the specific goals of the single pending matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP | 1 | 58.0% | +27.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18263496 | A NOZZLE FOR A SYRINGE, A THUMB TAB FOR A SYRINGE, AND AN OSTEOTOME | PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP | 46d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18263496 | A NOZZLE FOR A SYRINGE, A THUMB TAB FOR A SYRINGE, AND AN OSTEOTOME | PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP | 46d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18263496 | A NOZZLE FOR A SYRINGE, A THUMB TAB FOR A SYRINGE, AND AN OSTEOTOME | PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP | 3783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
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