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
Saravanos Process++ Srl has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners but are both located in 1 distinct art unit. Nelson J. Nieves is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending action. Because both actions are in the same art unit, the company may experience consistent examination standards despite the involvement of 2 different examiners.
The presence of 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions means that each application receives an independent review. However, the concentration in 1 art unit suggests a focused technical scope for the portfolio. Practitioners should note that Nieves is one of the 2 examiners responsible for the current pending workload. Successfully resolving the 2 pending actions will require addressing the individual concerns of both examiners within the framework of their shared art unit. This structure allows for a more centralized strategy compared to portfolios spread across multiple art units.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIEVES, NELSON J | 1 | 75.3% | +16.6% |
| CHEYNEY, CHARLES | 1 | 56.7% | +42.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18504442 | Systems and methods for moving a product in a container | CHEYNEY, CHARLES | 22d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18504442 | Systems and methods for moving a product in a container | CHEYNEY, CHARLES | 22d |
| 18993346 | HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT AND SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING THERMAL ENERGY | NIEVES, NELSON J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18993346 | HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT AND SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING THERMAL ENERGY | NIEVES, NELSON J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18504442 | Systems and methods for moving a product in a container | CHEYNEY, CHARLES | 3754 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
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