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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sigvaris AG maintains 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are both located within 1 distinct art unit but involve 2 distinct examiners. This indicates that while the technical focus is concentrated in a single unit, the review is being conducted by different individuals. This distribution across 2 distinct examiners for only 2 pending office actions ensures a diversity of perspectives within that unit.
Larry D Worrell Jr is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. This single action accounts for half of the 2 pending office actions currently active. The prosecution footprint is small and evenly divided across the 2 distinct examiners currently assigned to the portfolio. Practitioners should be prepared for distinct examination styles, as no single examiner manages both of the pending matters. The focus within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area is handled by these 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a very specific technical niche.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WORRELL JR, LARRY D | 1 | 82.8% | +9.8% |
| HUANG, GRACE | 1 | 56.8% | +55.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19475079 | ARTICLE HAVING A TUBULAR WEFT-KNITTED JERSEY-BASED FABRIC WITH AN ENHANCED ECONOMIC GRIP TOP BAND | WORRELL JR, LARRY D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18567443 | METHOD FOR KNITTING DENSE ZONES AND KNIT OBTAINED | HUANG, GRACE | 126d 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18567443 | METHOD FOR KNITTING DENSE ZONES AND KNIT OBTAINED | HUANG, GRACE | 126d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19475079 | ARTICLE HAVING A TUBULAR WEFT-KNITTED JERSEY-BASED FABRIC WITH AN ENHANCED ECONOMIC GRIP TOP BAND | WORRELL JR, LARRY D | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 18567443 | METHOD FOR KNITTING DENSE ZONES AND KNIT OBTAINED | HUANG, GRACE | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 126d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
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