Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Prytime Medical Devices Inc. currently has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner is DUBOSE, LAUREN, who is handling 2 pending office actions. This concentration means that one examiner is responsible for half of the 4 total actions.
The presence of 3 distinct examiners for 4 actions indicates some concentration of the workload, while the 2 distinct art units suggest the medical and mechanical filings are being reviewed by two different specialized groups. Navigating 2 distinct art units requires the company to adapt to the specific requirements of each division. With 4 pending office actions, the company is actively engaged with 3 distinct examiners to advance its patent applications toward issuance.
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 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUBOSE, LAUREN | 2 | 60.1% | +43.3% |
| LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 1 | 68.6% | +14.7% |
| DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 1 | 76.9% | +26.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19099811 | Self-Adjusting Vascular Occlusion Catheter Balloon | DUBOSE, LAUREN | — |
| 18423914 | VASCULAR OCCLUSION CATHETER FOR PARTIAL OCCLUSION OR FULL OCCLUSION | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | — |
| 17563629 | OCCLUSION CATHETER SYSTEM FOR PARTIAL OCCLUSION OR FULL OCCLUSION | DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17581134 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW PROFILE OCCLUSION BALLOON CATHETER | DUBOSE, LAUREN | 12d |
| 19099811 | Self-Adjusting Vascular Occlusion Catheter Balloon | DUBOSE, LAUREN | — |
| 18423914 | VASCULAR OCCLUSION CATHETER FOR PARTIAL OCCLUSION OR FULL OCCLUSION | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | — |
| 17563629 | OCCLUSION CATHETER SYSTEM FOR PARTIAL OCCLUSION OR FULL OCCLUSION | DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 2 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19099811 | Self-Adjusting Vascular Occlusion Catheter Balloon | DUBOSE, LAUREN | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 18423914 | VASCULAR OCCLUSION CATHETER FOR PARTIAL OCCLUSION OR FULL OCCLUSION | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 17581134 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW PROFILE OCCLUSION BALLOON CATHETER | DUBOSE, LAUREN | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Jan 21, 2022 |
| 17563629 | OCCLUSION CATHETER SYSTEM FOR PARTIAL OCCLUSION OR FULL OCCLUSION | DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2021 |
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