Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Proventia OY currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is being handled within 1 distinct art unit by 1 distinct examiner. STEPHEN J CASTELLANO is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action under their review.
The prosecution profile is limited to this 1 pending action, making the interaction with the assigned examiner the primary focus for the company. Success will depend on addressing the specific technical requirements of the pending matter within the 1 assigned art unit. Practitioners should analyze the examiner's past decisions to craft a more effective response. Because the portfolio involves only 1 distinct examiner, the company can dedicate its full attention to resolving this case in the medical devices field. This concentration of effort simplifies the management of current patent applications.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | 1 | 65.1% | +35.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19183216 | TRANSPORTABLE TEST ARRANGEMENT | CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19183216 | TRANSPORTABLE TEST ARRANGEMENT | CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19183216 | TRANSPORTABLE TEST ARRANGEMENT | CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | 3733 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
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