Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. HODGE, LAURA NICOLE is the busiest examiner, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action accounts for 1 of the 2 pending office actions. The distribution across 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's current patenting efforts cover different technical aspects or applications within the medical device field.
Practitioners should note that with 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the company is navigating multiple administrative and technical divisions within the USPTO. This requires a strategy that accounts for different examiner preferences and art unit standards. The presence of 2 pending office actions shows a diversified approach to their medical device portfolio. Because each of the 2 pending office actions is handled by a different examiner, the company must manage two separate prosecution timelines. This distribution suggests that the company's research and development efforts are technically multifaceted.
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 only | 1 (50%) |
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RASNIC, HUNTER J | 1 | 11.2% | +22.4% |
| HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 1 | 49.2% | +39.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18628670 | SYSTEM THAT EFFICIENTLY CALCULATES AND SETS ALARM DELAYS FOR PATIENT MONITORING DEVICES | RASNIC, HUNTER J | 6d |
| 18598699 | SHOCK DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18628670 | SYSTEM THAT EFFICIENTLY CALCULATES AND SETS ALARM DELAYS FOR PATIENT MONITORING DEVICES | RASNIC, HUNTER J | 6d |
| 18598699 | SHOCK DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3684 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18628670 | SYSTEM THAT EFFICIENTLY CALCULATES AND SETS ALARM DELAYS FOR PATIENT MONITORING DEVICES | RASNIC, HUNTER J | 3684 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18598699 | SHOCK DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 3792 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
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