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
Polyembo LLC is managing 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. All 3 pending actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit.
James Ryan McGinnity is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 2 pending office actions. This accounts for 2 of the 3 total pending actions. The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests a consistent technical focus for these medical device filings, even as they are split between 2 distinct examiners. Practitioners should focus on the specific standards of this 1 distinct art unit. With 2 of the 3 pending office actions assigned to James Ryan McGinnity, his individual review style will be a primary factor in the portfolio's progress. The 3 pending office actions benefit from being in 1 distinct art unit, which allows for a more unified prosecution strategy across the 2 distinct examiners.
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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | 2 | 60.3% | +49.8% |
| RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 1 | 72.5% | +39.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17686359 | OCCLUSIVE DEVICE WITH SELF-EXPANDING STRUTS | MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | 8d |
| 19080785 | EXPANDABLE EMBOLIC IMPLANTS WITH POSITION-FIXING COVERS | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | — |
| 17463504 | OCCLUSIVE DEVICE WITH SELF-EXPANDING STRUTS | MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17686359 | OCCLUSIVE DEVICE WITH SELF-EXPANDING STRUTS | MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | 8d |
| 19080785 | EXPANDABLE EMBOLIC IMPLANTS WITH POSITION-FIXING COVERS | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | — |
| 17463504 | OCCLUSIVE DEVICE WITH SELF-EXPANDING STRUTS | MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19080785 | EXPANDABLE EMBOLIC IMPLANTS WITH POSITION-FIXING COVERS | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 17686359 | OCCLUSIVE DEVICE WITH SELF-EXPANDING STRUTS | MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Mar 03, 2022 |
| 17463504 | OCCLUSIVE DEVICE WITH SELF-EXPANDING STRUTS | MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2021 |
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