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
Ofek Eshkolot Research And Development Ltd. currently manages 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated prosecution environment. For a company operating in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector, this focus indicates that the current patent activity is limited to a specific technical classification.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is COTRONEO, STEVEN J, who is handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's current legal strategy is tied to the review of a single individual. This centralization means that the success of the 1 pending office action will have a significant impact on the firm's immediate patent goals.
The presence of 1 distinct examiner allows for a personalized prosecution strategy, as the practitioner only needs to account for the preferences of COTRONEO, STEVEN J. Because the 1 pending office action is located in 1 distinct art unit, the administrative process is streamlined. This focused profile minimizes the complexity often associated with larger portfolios, allowing for direct management of the 1 busiest examiner pending action.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 1 | 69.4% | +31.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18030063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCKING AN INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL IN A BONE | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 29d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18030063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCKING AN INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL IN A BONE | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 29d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18030063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCKING AN INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL IN A BONE | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 3773 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Apr 03, 2023 |
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