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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
New Wave Endo-Surgical Corp. operates within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently faces 2 pending office actions. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners. Despite having multiple examiners involved, all prosecution activity is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the company's current patent filings are technically similar enough to be grouped under 1 administrative unit at the patent office.
Diane D Yabut is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. This level of activity is shared among the distinct examiners involved in the company's 2 pending office actions. For practitioners, the use of 1 distinct art unit provides a consistent environment for prosecution, even as different examiners review individual applications. The portfolio's current state reflects a focused approach to securing intellectual property, including the 1 pending office action assigned to the busiest 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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YABUT, DIANE D | 1 | 62.5% | +27.9% |
| SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | 1 | 58.4% | +36.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18206337 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A NERVE BLOCK SITE BY ESTABLISHING A REFERENCE PLANE AND DELIVERING ANESTHETIC TO THE SITE | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18815818 | DUAL-DEPLOYMENT SUTURE PLACEMENT & ANESTHESIA DELIVERY APPLIANCE AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS | YABUT, DIANE D | — |
| 18206337 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A NERVE BLOCK SITE BY ESTABLISHING A REFERENCE PLANE AND DELIVERING ANESTHETIC TO THE SITE | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18815818 | DUAL-DEPLOYMENT SUTURE PLACEMENT & ANESTHESIA DELIVERY APPLIANCE AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS | YABUT, DIANE D | 3771 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18206337 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A NERVE BLOCK SITE BY ESTABLISHING A REFERENCE PLANE AND DELIVERING ANESTHETIC TO THE SITE | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
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