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
Shenzhen Aoj Medical Technology Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. This examiner handles all current pending prosecution for the company. The concentration of the 1 pending action under a single examiner and art unit simplifies the management of the portfolio.
For the applicant, the success of the current prosecution cycle depends on the interaction with CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY. The focus on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering provides a clear technical framework for the pending matter. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, there is no need to coordinate across different technical groups or examiner styles. This streamlined profile allows for a highly targeted prosecution strategy focused on the specific requirements of this one examiner and art unit.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 1 | 31.5% | +30.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18775373 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18775373 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18775373 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
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