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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Renz Wolfgang has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 pending office actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners. The prosecution is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. FARAH, AHMED M is the busiest examiner, managing 2 pending office actions. This indicates that a majority of the current pending matters are being reviewed by one individual within the medical device sector.
The presence of 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector suggests a focused prosecution phase. While 2 distinct examiners are involved, the 1 distinct art unit remains the primary environment for all activity. FARAH, AHMED M handles 2 pending office actions, making his specific examination style a key factor for the portfolio. Practitioners should coordinate responses within the single art unit to ensure consistency for all 3 pending office actions and improve outcomes.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARAH, AHMED M | 2 | 79.0% | +18.8% |
| GRASMEDER, SARAH DYMPNA | 1 | 72.2% | +32.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18023336 | TREATING PATHOGENIC INFECTIONS | GRASMEDER, SARAH DYMPNA | 70d |
| 18812686 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR OTOLOGICAL HEALTH | FARAH, AHMED M | — |
| 18812714 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR OTOLOGICAL HEALTH | FARAH, AHMED M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18812686 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR OTOLOGICAL HEALTH | FARAH, AHMED M | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18812714 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR OTOLOGICAL HEALTH | FARAH, AHMED M | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18023336 | TREATING PATHOGENIC INFECTIONS | GRASMEDER, SARAH DYMPNA | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
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