Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Persyst Development Corporation has 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit. BERHANU, ETSUB D is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This means that 2 of the 3 pending office actions are under the authority of a single individual, creating a focal point for the company's prosecution strategy.
The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests that all applications are being evaluated under the same technical guidelines. While there are 2 distinct examiners involved, the concentration of 2 busiest examiner pending actions with BERHANU, ETSUB D suggests that this examiner's decisions will significantly impact the portfolio. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific requirements of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area as applied by these officials. Effective communication with the busiest examiner is essential for advancing the current workload.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERHANU, ETSUB D | 2 | 65.3% | +24.8% |
| OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 1 | 50.0% | +57.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17328881 | Method And System For Visualizing Data From Electrical Source Imaging | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 134d overdue |
| 16729482 | User Interface For Artifact Removal In An EEG | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 55d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17328881 | Method And System For Visualizing Data From Electrical Source Imaging | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 134d overdue |
| 16729482 | User Interface For Artifact Removal In An EEG | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 55d |
| 18918054 | User Interface For Artifact Removal In An EEG | BERHANU, ETSUB D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18918054 | User Interface For Artifact Removal In An EEG | BERHANU, ETSUB D | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 17328881 | Method And System For Visualizing Data From Electrical Source Imaging | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 134d overdue | Pending | May 24, 2021 |
| 16729482 | User Interface For Artifact Removal In An EEG | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | Dec 30, 2019 |
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