Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sartorius Liquid Handling OY currently has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners, reflecting a spread of the company's patent applications across different reviewers. The involvement of 2 distinct art units indicates that the portfolio's current challenges are not confined to a single specialized group, requiring a broader understanding of different examination standards.
The busiest examiner for the company is CHRISTEON, MICHELLE MARQUART, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. With a total of 2 pending office actions, this means the workload is divided between the busiest examiner and another distinct examiner. This split across 2 distinct art units suggests that the company is managing multiple independent prosecution tracks. Practitioners should tailor their responses to the specific preferences of CHRISTEON, MICHELLE MARQUART for the 1 pending action she oversees, while also addressing the requirements of the other examiner.
This distribution across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector highlights the need for a versatile approach to patent acquisition. Effectively managing the 2 pending office actions requires a detailed understanding of the art units involved. This strategy will help the company navigate the complexities of the current examination process.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHUTTY, DAVID G | 1 | 69.0% | +12.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17708075 | Package, a method and use | SHUTTY, DAVID G | 69d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17708075 | Package, a method and use | SHUTTY, DAVID G | 69d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17708075 | Package, a method and use | SHUTTY, DAVID G | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 69d | Pending | Mar 30, 2022 |
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