Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nuova Ompi S.r.l. Unipersonale has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE, is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This distribution indicates that every 4 pending office actions in the portfolio is being handled by a different individual.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's mechanical engineering innovations are being reviewed by specialized groups within the patent office. With 4 pending office actions spread across these units, the company is likely dealing with multiple sub-specialties within the broader medical device field. This variety requires a prosecution strategy that can adapt to the specific nuances of different environments.
Because the busiest examiner only handles 1 busiest examiner pending office action, no single official has a dominant influence over the current portfolio. This lack of concentration across the 4 distinct examiners means that the outcomes of these matters will likely depend on the individual interpretations of several different people. Practitioners should be prepared to manage multiple simultaneous dialogues across the 2 distinct art units involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | 1 | 63.0% | +29.1% |
| STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | 1 | 63.1% | +48.8% |
| SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 1 | 65.5% | +38.3% |
| FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 1 | 78.6% | +15.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18587749 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MEDICAMENT INFUSION | WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | — |
| 18545606 | DEVICE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS DELIVERY OF A MEDICAMENT | STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18587749 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MEDICAMENT INFUSION | WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | — |
| 18545606 | DEVICE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS DELIVERY OF A MEDICAMENT | STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | — |
| 18525381 | DEVICE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS DELIVERY OF A MEDICAMENT | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | — |
| 18447380 | PUMP ASSEMBLY FOR THE TREATMENT OF INJECTION MEDICAL DEVICES | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 3 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18587749 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MEDICAMENT INFUSION | WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | 3993 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18545606 | DEVICE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS DELIVERY OF A MEDICAMENT | STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18525381 | DEVICE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS DELIVERY OF A MEDICAMENT | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18447380 | PUMP ASSEMBLY FOR THE TREATMENT OF INJECTION MEDICAL DEVICES | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
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