Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Potrero Medical Inc. is currently navigating 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's medical innovations span multiple technical classifications. The portfolio involves 3 distinct examiners, which implies that each of the pending office actions is being reviewed by a different official.
OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC is the busiest examiner for this company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. While he is one of the 3 distinct examiners involved, his role is part of a broader prosecution effort in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The fact that 3 pending office actions are spread across 2 distinct art units indicates a need for a versatile legal strategy that can address the specific requirements of each unit. With distinct examiners involved, Potrero Medical Inc. must maintain consistency in its technical arguments to ensure a cohesive patent strategy. Monitoring the progress of the 1 action under the busiest examiner will be important for the company's overall success in its 2 distinct art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (67%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 1 | 50.0% | +57.0% |
| KIM, ERIN ASA | 1 | 70.1% | +33.2% |
| MARCETICH, ADAM M | 1 | 72.7% | +18.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18531450 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DRAINING AND ANALYZING BODILY FLUIDS, PRESSURES AND ASSESSING HEALTH | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 50d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18531450 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DRAINING AND ANALYZING BODILY FLUIDS, PRESSURES AND ASSESSING HEALTH | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 50d overdue |
| 16691096 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SENSING PHYSIOLOGIC DATA AND DRAINING AND ANALYZING BODILY FLUIDS | MARCETICH, ADAM M | 70d |
| 17930504 | TRAY AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL PRODUCTS PACKAGING, STORAGE AND ACCESS | KIM, ERIN ASA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 2 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18531450 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DRAINING AND ANALYZING BODILY FLUIDS, PRESSURES AND ASSESSING HEALTH | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 17930504 | TRAY AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL PRODUCTS PACKAGING, STORAGE AND ACCESS | KIM, ERIN ASA | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2022 |
| 16691096 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SENSING PHYSIOLOGIC DATA AND DRAINING AND ANALYZING BODILY FLUIDS | MARCETICH, ADAM M | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Nov 21, 2019 |
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