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
Salvagnini Italia S P A currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SULLIVAN, DEBRA M, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with a single pending matter.
The prosecution footprint is very narrow, involving only a single distinct art unit. With 1 pending office action and a unique distinct examiner, the company's current patent activity is entirely concentrated under one individual within a specific specialized division of the USPTO.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | 1 | 78.5% | +17.1% |
| ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19107309 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRIPPING AND MOVING OBJECTS | ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19120356 | FORMING PUNCHING APPARATUS | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19120356 | FORMING PUNCHING APPARATUS | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | 3725 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19107309 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRIPPING AND MOVING OBJECTS | ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | 3725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSalvagnini Italia S P A has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Debra M Sullivan has the most, with 1 of Salvagnini Italia S P A's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.