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
Nowwell AS currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This active matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated prosecution footprint for the company at this stage. Such concentration suggests that the current patent strategy is focused on a specific technical innovation. The presence of the pending office action means that the company's immediate intellectual property goals are tied to the success of this particular application.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is DIETZ, NOE ROBERT, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because this official handles the workload, prosecution outcomes are currently dependent on the specific tendencies and requirements of this individual. For a practitioner, this means that monitoring the examiner's allowance rates and common rejection types is more critical than analyzing broader art unit trends. The progress of the case will serve as a key indicator for the company's near-term success in securing rights within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Successful navigation of the official's requirements will be essential for the portfolio's growth.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIETZ, NOE ROBERT | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18001456 | Flow Control Device | DIETZ, NOE ROBERT | 77d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18001456 | Flow Control Device | DIETZ, NOE ROBERT | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 77d | Pending | Dec 09, 2022 |
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