Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Scripps Health has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action.
The 2 pending actions are being handled by 2 different examiners in 2 separate art units. This distribution means that each pending matter is subject to a unique examination environment, requiring specific attention to the practices of each individual examiner. With 2 pending actions total, the portfolio's current prosecution is split between 2 distinct technical and personnel contexts. This structure requires a versatile strategy to address the requirements of the 2 examiners and the 2 art units involved. The current workload is divided equally among the different technical groups, necessitating a coordinated effort to maintain consistency across the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 (50%) |
| No statute on record | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | 1 | 83.5% | +14.0% |
| CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | 1 | 54.4% | +52.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17782010 | CELL INJECTION PRINTING WITH A COAXIAL NEEDLE | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | 42d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17782010 | CELL INJECTION PRINTING WITH A COAXIAL NEEDLE | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | 42d overdue |
| 18924754 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR BALANCING A JOINT | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | 5d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18924754 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR BALANCING A JOINT | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | 3775 | Other | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 17782010 | CELL INJECTION PRINTING WITH A COAXIAL NEEDLE | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Jun 02, 2022 |
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