Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shanghai Shape Memory Alloy Co. Ltd. is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, with 4 pending office actions currently in progress. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, indicating that each pending matter is being handled by a different person. This requires a strategy to address the unique perspectives of the different patent officials.
The company's prosecution activity spans 3 distinct art units. This distribution suggests that the company's medical and mechanical innovations are being evaluated across multiple specialized technical divisions. Navigating 3 different art units involves dealing with varying examination environments and internal policies within the patent office.
DAVID, SHAUN L is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This examiner's workload is a portion of the 4 total pending actions. Because the busiest examiner pending count is 1, the workload is spread across the 4 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner's specific requirements are equally important to the portfolio's overall progress.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID, SHAUN L | 1 | 72.8% | +19.5% |
| RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 1 | 72.5% | +39.5% |
| GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | 1 | 45.8% | +49.3% |
| COCHRAN, KARI LEE | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18700233 | WOVEN SINGLE-RIVET DEGRADABLE IMPLANT INSTRUMENT | DAVID, SHAUN L | — |
| 18862361 | HOOK AND OCCLUSION DEVICE | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | — |
| 18294502 | HEART VALVE CLAMP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | COCHRAN, KARI LEE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18700233 | WOVEN SINGLE-RIVET DEGRADABLE IMPLANT INSTRUMENT | DAVID, SHAUN L | — |
| 18862361 | HOOK AND OCCLUSION DEVICE | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | — |
| 18778569 | PREOPERATIVE DETECTION METHOD AND A POSTOPERATIVE DETECTION METHOD FOR NEUROMAPPING | GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 2 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18700233 | WOVEN SINGLE-RIVET DEGRADABLE IMPLANT INSTRUMENT | DAVID, SHAUN L | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18862361 | HOOK AND OCCLUSION DEVICE | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18778569 | PREOPERATIVE DETECTION METHOD AND A POSTOPERATIVE DETECTION METHOD FOR NEUROMAPPING | GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18294502 | HEART VALVE CLAMP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | COCHRAN, KARI LEE | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
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