Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Orbusneich Medical Pte. Ltd. is managing 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, yet all are located within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that while the examiners differ, the technical subject matter is closely related and governed by the same art unit supervisors.
SHAH, NILAY J is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action. This is one of the 3 pending office actions for the company. The alignment of multiple distinct examiners within 1 art unit provides an opportunity to compare examination styles within a consistent technical framework.
Practitioners should look for trends in how this specific art unit interprets mechanical medical device claims. With 3 distinct examiners involved, the applicant can compare different approaches to the company's technical claims. The concentration in a single distinct art unit allows for a unified strategy regarding technical arguments and prior art interpretations. This focus helps in maintaining a cohesive narrative across all pending applications in the portfolio. The applicant can focus on building a consistent body of evidence that satisfies the specific requirements of this administrative group.
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 (33%) |
| §103 only | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAH, NILAY J | 1 | 76.3% | +46.9% |
| ZAMORY, JUSTIN L | 1 | 72.9% | +17.4% |
| DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA | 1 | 68.6% | +38.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18192231 | MULTI-FILAR CATHETER BODY CONSTRUCTION | ZAMORY, JUSTIN L | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17326933 | PRE-SHAPED MEDICAL DEVICES | DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA | 98d overdue |
| 18793046 | BALLOON ANCHORING GUIDE CATHETER EXTENSION | SHAH, NILAY J | — |
| 18192231 | MULTI-FILAR CATHETER BODY CONSTRUCTION | ZAMORY, JUSTIN L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18793046 | BALLOON ANCHORING GUIDE CATHETER EXTENSION | SHAH, NILAY J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18192231 | MULTI-FILAR CATHETER BODY CONSTRUCTION | ZAMORY, JUSTIN L | 3783 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
| 17326933 | PRE-SHAPED MEDICAL DEVICES | DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 98d overdue | Pending | May 21, 2021 |
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