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
Shanghai Microport Endovascular Medtech (Group) Co. Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single active matter represents the company's current efforts to secure patent protection. The case is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, providing a centralized point of contact for the prosecution process.
The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the technology is classified within a specific mechanical or medical specialty. Because the portfolio is limited to 1 distinct art unit, the practitioner can focus on a consistent set of examination guidelines and prior art.
WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. As the sole examiner involved, WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL will have a decisive impact on the outcome of the company's current patent efforts. Understanding the specific preferences of this examiner is essential for success.
With 1 pending office action, the prosecution environment is highly streamlined. The practitioner can dedicate full attention to the specific concerns of the assigned examiner in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. This focused approach is ideal for resolving rejections and advancing the application toward allowance.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 1 | 61.0% | +39.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18550268 | COVERED STENT AND MEDICAL DEVICE | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18550268 | COVERED STENT AND MEDICAL DEVICE | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18550268 | COVERED STENT AND MEDICAL DEVICE | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 3774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
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