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
Savord Technologies LLC currently manages a focused patent portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio shows a concentrated prosecution environment, as evidenced by the 1 pending office action currently on file. This 1 pending office action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, indicating a narrow front for active USPTO engagement at this time. The use of 1 distinct examiner for all current work suggests a highly centralized review process for the company.
The prosecution activity is limited to 1 distinct art unit, further highlighting the specialized nature of the current filings within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. AMY JEANETTE SHAFQAT is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This alignment between the total workload and the busiest examiner's 1 busiest examiner pending office action suggests that all current prosecution efforts are consolidated under the review of AMY JEANETTE SHAFQAT. Practitioners should note this concentration in 1 distinct art unit when preparing responses, as the examiner's specific preferences will dictate the immediate outcome for the entire active portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE | 1 | 52.0% | +55.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18897407 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE WITH LOW POWER DATA TRANSMISSION FROM TRANSDUCER TO SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF TRANSMISSION | SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18897407 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE WITH LOW POWER DATA TRANSMISSION FROM TRANSDUCER TO SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF TRANSMISSION | SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18897407 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE WITH LOW POWER DATA TRANSMISSION FROM TRANSDUCER TO SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF TRANSMISSION | SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
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