Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Optima Pharma GmbH currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is being reviewed within a distinct art unit. This represents a singular and focused prosecution effort for the company's current patent applications.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is NIESZ, JASON KAROL, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. As the total number of pending actions for Optima Pharma GmbH is the same, NIESZ, JASON KAROL manages the company's entire active workload at the USPTO. The outcome of the current prosecution depends on the specific examination conducted by this individual.
Practitioners should note that the Optima Pharma GmbH portfolio lacks diversification across examiners or art units. The 1 distinct art unit indicates that the technology falls within a specific classification of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. With NIESZ, JASON KAROL handling the only pending action, the prosecution strategy is centralized, requiring a focus on the standards and feedback of this examiner and their respective art unit.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIESZ, JASON KAROL | 1 | 77.6% | +24.9% |
| FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 1 | 61.9% | +43.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18694602 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMEDYING DISTURBANCES IN A FILLING AND/OR SEALING AND/OR POST-PROCESSING INSTALLATION | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 12d |
| 18847541 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FILLING NESTING CONTAINERS | NIESZ, JASON KAROL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18694602 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMEDYING DISTURBANCES IN A FILLING AND/OR SEALING AND/OR POST-PROCESSING INSTALLATION | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 12d |
| 18847541 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FILLING NESTING CONTAINERS | NIESZ, JASON KAROL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18847541 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FILLING NESTING CONTAINERS | NIESZ, JASON KAROL | 3753 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18694602 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMEDYING DISTURBANCES IN A FILLING AND/OR SEALING AND/OR POST-PROCESSING INSTALLATION | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
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