Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rsl Dental Technologies LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions involve 2 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while different individuals are reviewing the cases, the technical focus remains within a single specialized area of the patent office. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit may allow for a more consistent application of technical standards across the portfolio.
EIDE, HEIDI MARIE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there are 2 pending office actions total, the workload is split between 2 distinct examiners. Practitioners should note that the consistency of the single art unit may simplify the overall prosecution strategy despite the involvement of multiple examiners. It is important to monitor the 2 pending office actions for any shared prior art rejections, as the findings of 1 distinct examiner could influence the other within the same art unit.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 1 | 50.6% | +32.5% |
| MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 1 | 41.8% | +61.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17821130 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DENTAL CROWN RESTORATIONS USING PREFABRICATED SLEEVE-CROWN PAIRS | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18351383 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DENTAL CROWN RESTORATIONS USING PREFABRICATED SLEEVE-CROWN PAIRS | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 26d |
| 17821130 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DENTAL CROWN RESTORATIONS USING PREFABRICATED SLEEVE-CROWN PAIRS | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18351383 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DENTAL CROWN RESTORATIONS USING PREFABRICATED SLEEVE-CROWN PAIRS | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 17821130 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DENTAL CROWN RESTORATIONS USING PREFABRICATED SLEEVE-CROWN PAIRS | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 3772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2022 |
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