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
Sentec AG has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners. This indicates that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual, providing diverse feedback on the portfolio's technical claims.
The portfolio is currently situated within 1 distinct art unit. WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action under his review. This accounts for half of the 2 pending office actions currently active for Sentec AG, with the other half handled by the second of the 2 distinct examiners.
With only 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution is technically focused despite the involvement of 2 distinct examiners. Practitioners should monitor how these 2 distinct examiners interpret the same art unit's standards. The 2 pending office actions represent the entirety of the current workload, making the individual styles of these 2 distinct examiners the primary factor in the company's immediate prosecution success.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | 1 | 79.3% | +13.8% |
| PATEL, ROHAN DEEP | 1 | 62.0% | +43.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18362408 | CONNECTION PIECE FOR A MEDICAL VENTILATOR ASSEMBLY, A VENTILATOR SYSTEM, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CONNECTION PIECE | PATEL, ROHAN DEEP | 3d overdue |
| 18994263 | ELECTROLYTE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS SENSOR AND BLOOD GAS MONITORING | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18362408 | CONNECTION PIECE FOR A MEDICAL VENTILATOR ASSEMBLY, A VENTILATOR SYSTEM, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CONNECTION PIECE | PATEL, ROHAN DEEP | 3d overdue |
| 18994263 | ELECTROLYTE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS SENSOR AND BLOOD GAS MONITORING | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18994263 | ELECTROLYTE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS SENSOR AND BLOOD GAS MONITORING | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18362408 | CONNECTION PIECE FOR A MEDICAL VENTILATOR ASSEMBLY, A VENTILATOR SYSTEM, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CONNECTION PIECE | PATEL, ROHAN DEEP | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
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