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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Novascan Inc. is currently engaged in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company's docket shows 1 pending office action. This activity is situated within the distinct art units identified in the data, which suggests a focused approach to its current intellectual property development. By concentrating its efforts in this manner, the company avoids the need to navigate multiple technical review sections at the USPTO.
The prosecution of this portfolio is overseen by the distinct examiners listed, including STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN. This individual serves as the busiest examiner for the company and holds a busiest examiner pending count of 1. Since the busiest examiner pending count is equal to the total number of pending office actions, the company's entire active prosecution is directed through STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN. This creates a centralized prosecution environment where the company's success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector is tied to the specific requirements of this examiner.
The presence of the specified examiner and art unit indicates a highly efficient prosecution path. Practitioners can dedicate their efforts to understanding the specific tendencies of the assigned examiner rather than managing diverse prosecution styles. The current strategy for Novascan Inc. is focused on resolving the pending action within the specified field.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN | 1 | 53.3% | +43.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17732390 | PROSTATE CANCER DETECTING MEDICAL DEVICES | STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN | 27d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17732390 | PROSTATE CANCER DETECTING MEDICAL DEVICES | STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN | 27d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17732390 | PROSTATE CANCER DETECTING MEDICAL DEVICES | STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN | 3794 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Apr 28, 2022 |
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