Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Radiometer Medical Aps is managing 8 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 8 actions are distributed among 8 distinct examiners, meaning every pending matter is under the review of a different individual. These actions are spread across 6 distinct art units, indicating a diverse administrative landscape for the company's chemistry portfolio. This fragmentation suggests that the company's technology is being evaluated by several different technical groups.
SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The fact that 8 distinct examiners are spread across 6 distinct art units requires a prosecution strategy that can adapt to the varying standards of multiple units and examiners. Practitioners must be prepared for a wide range of feedback, as the lack of significant overlap in art units and examiners minimizes the opportunity for consistent administrative outcomes. Managing the 8 pending office actions across 6 distinct art units requires a coordinated effort to ensure that the company's overall patent strategy remains coherent despite the diverse review process across multiple administrative divisions. The applicant should monitor the feedback from each unit to identify any emerging trends in prior art interpretation.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| §103 only | 4 (57%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK | 1 | 86.1% | +10.9% |
| LEE, PAUL D | 1 | 82.9% | +15.0% |
| SORKIN, DAVID L | 1 | 67.4% | +12.8% |
| KAUR, JASPREET | 1 | 77.8% | +37.5% |
| MOSS, NATALIE M | 1 | 30.8% | +17.1% |
| LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE | 1 | 16.8% | +31.5% |
| GERIDO, DWAN A | 1 | 58.0% | +30.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18880878 | DETERMINING DEFOCUS IN IMAGE DATA RELATED TO A PREPARED BLOOD SAMPLE | SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18574940 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING MAINTENANCE OF A MEDICAL ANALYZER DEVICE | LEE, PAUL D | — |
| 18258432 | HELICAL MIXER | SORKIN, DAVID L | — |
| 18033136 | TRANSMISSION OF ANALYSER SYSTEM DATA | LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18258403 | BLOOD SAMPLER CONTAINING ANTI-PLATELET AGENT AND WATER-SOLUBLE MATRIX MATERIAL | MOSS, NATALIE M | 28d |
| 18880878 | DETERMINING DEFOCUS IN IMAGE DATA RELATED TO A PREPARED BLOOD SAMPLE | SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK | — |
| 18574940 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING MAINTENANCE OF A MEDICAL ANALYZER DEVICE | LEE, PAUL D | — |
| 18258432 | HELICAL MIXER | SORKIN, DAVID L | — |
| 18258390 | BLOOD ANALYSER WITH IMAGE PLANE ANALYSIS AND RELATED METHODS | KAUR, JASPREET | — |
| 18033136 | TRANSMISSION OF ANALYSER SYSTEM DATA | LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE | — |
| 16763037 | HEPARIN-BASED BLOOD SAMPLER WITHOUT PLATELET ACTIVATION | GERIDO, DWAN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| 2662 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18880878 | DETERMINING DEFOCUS IN IMAGE DATA RELATED TO A PREPARED BLOOD SAMPLE | SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18574940 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING MAINTENANCE OF A MEDICAL ANALYZER DEVICE | LEE, PAUL D | 2857 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18258432 | HELICAL MIXER | SORKIN, DAVID L | 1774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18258390 | BLOOD ANALYSER WITH IMAGE PLANE ANALYSIS AND RELATED METHODS | KAUR, JASPREET | 2662 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18258403 | BLOOD SAMPLER CONTAINING ANTI-PLATELET AGENT AND WATER-SOLUBLE MATRIX MATERIAL | MOSS, NATALIE M | 1653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18033136 | TRANSMISSION OF ANALYSER SYSTEM DATA | LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 16763037 | HEPARIN-BASED BLOOD SAMPLER WITHOUT PLATELET ACTIVATION | GERIDO, DWAN A | 1797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 11, 2020 |
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