Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
16 pending office actions • 3 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Saluda Medical Pty Ltd. currently manages 12 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 11 distinct examiners, indicating a high degree of examiner diversity in their current prosecution. Despite the large number of examiners, the work is concentrated within 3 distinct art units. This suggests a specialized technical focus for the company's medical device innovations.
FERNANDES, PATRICK M is the busiest examiner, currently handling 2 pending office actions. The ratio of 12 pending actions to 11 examiners means that almost every application is being reviewed by a different individual. This breadth of examiners within the 3 art units may lead to varying prosecution experiences for the applicant. Practitioners should be prepared for a wide range of individual examiner styles while navigating the specific standards of these specialized divisions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 4 (25%) |
| §103 only | 2 (12%) |
| §102 only | 2 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (31%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 2 | 68.0% | +28.7% |
| FERNANDES, PATRICK M | 2 | 59.8% | +31.7% |
| FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR | 2 | 27.8% | +40.4% |
| HULBERT, AMANDA K | 1 | 84.6% | +4.2% |
| MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 1 | 78.2% | +9.6% |
| DINH, ANH-KHOA N | 1 | 87.4% | +15.2% |
| SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | 1 | 8.3% | +40.0% |
| LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | 1 | 69.4% | +29.7% |
| WELCH, HALLE MARGARET | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 1 | 85.1% | +15.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18904878 | IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE POSITIONING | HULBERT, AMANDA K | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17040521 | System for Managing Clinical Data | MOSS, JAMES R | 77d overdue |
| 17759364 | Neuromodulation of Primary and/or Postsynaptic Neurons | PORTILLO, JAIRO H | 49d overdue |
| 18722972 | ASSISTED PROGRAMMING SYSTEM FOR NEURAL STIMULATION THERAPY | SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | 4d overdue |
| 18443609 | NEUROSTIMULATION OF MIXED NERVES | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 40d |
| 18832036 | IMPROVED PROGRAMMING OF NEURAL STIMULATION THERAPY | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | — |
| 18722901 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF NEURAL STIMULATION | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | — |
| 18719113 | ASSISTED PROGRAMMING SYSTEM FOR NEURAL STIMULATION THERAPY | LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | — |
| 18687119 | LOW POWER FEEDBACK-CONTROLLED NEURAL STIMULATION SYSTEM | WELCH, HALLE MARGARET | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722972 | ASSISTED PROGRAMMING SYSTEM FOR NEURAL STIMULATION THERAPY | SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | 4d overdue |
| 18443609 | NEUROSTIMULATION OF MIXED NERVES | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 40d |
| 18832036 | IMPROVED PROGRAMMING OF NEURAL STIMULATION THERAPY | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | — |
| 18722901 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF NEURAL STIMULATION | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | — |
| 18745219 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A NEURAL RESPONSE IN A NEURAL MEASUREMENT | FERNANDES, PATRICK M | — |
| 18719113 | ASSISTED PROGRAMMING SYSTEM FOR NEURAL STIMULATION THERAPY | LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | — |
| 18590641 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING NEURAL RECRUITMENT | FERNANDES, PATRICK M | — |
| 18352150 | Improved Neurostimulation Therapy Monitoring | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 6 |
| 3796 | 6 |
| 3791 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18904878 | IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE POSITIONING | HULBERT, AMANDA K | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18837819 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING SPINAL CORD STIMULATION THERAPY | MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 3792 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18832036 | IMPROVED PROGRAMMING OF NEURAL STIMULATION THERAPY | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 3792 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18722901 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF NEURAL STIMULATION | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | 3796 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18722972 | ASSISTED PROGRAMMING SYSTEM FOR NEURAL STIMULATION THERAPY | SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | 3796 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18745219 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A NEURAL RESPONSE IN A NEURAL MEASUREMENT | FERNANDES, PATRICK M | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18719113 | ASSISTED PROGRAMMING SYSTEM FOR NEURAL STIMULATION THERAPY | LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | 3796 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18590641 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING NEURAL RECRUITMENT | FERNANDES, PATRICK M | 3791 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18687119 | LOW POWER FEEDBACK-CONTROLLED NEURAL STIMULATION SYSTEM | WELCH, HALLE MARGARET | 3796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18443609 | NEUROSTIMULATION OF MIXED NERVES | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 3792 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18352150 | Improved Neurostimulation Therapy Monitoring | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18042772 | Feedback Loop Control of Neuromodulation Device | WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 17759364 | Neuromodulation of Primary and/or Postsynaptic Neurons | PORTILLO, JAIRO H | 3791 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Jul 22, 2022 |
| 17287495 | Current Source for Neurostimulation | FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR | 3796 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2021 |
| 17287494 | Method and Device for Controlled Neural Stimulation | FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2021 |
| 17040521 | System for Managing Clinical Data | MOSS, JAMES R | 3792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 77d overdue | Pending | Sep 22, 2020 |
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