Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Simon Fraser University currently has 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, indicating a broad and diverse prosecution footprint. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is CHEN, TSE W, who is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. The fact that 4 distinct examiners are handling 4 pending office actions means that every active case is being reviewed by a different individual.
The involvement of 4 distinct art units suggests that the university's patent efforts span several different technical sub-groups within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. This distribution requires a more complex prosecution strategy, as the university must navigate the specific practices of 4 different examiners and 4 different art units. The busiest examiner, CHEN, TSE W, handles only 1 of the pending actions, while the total pending office actions for the company is 4. This diversity in examiners and art units can provide more opportunities for success across different technical niches but requires more coordination than a centralized portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEN, TSE W | 1 | 55.0% | +25.4% |
| LUARCA, MARGARET M | 1 | 74.3% | +18.7% |
| WARD, PAUL V | 1 | 83.2% | -12.2% |
| POHNERT, STEVEN C | 1 | 12.4% | +18.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18000423 | INHIBITORS OF PROTEIN FUCOSYLATION AND USES THEREOF | WARD, PAUL V | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18701064 | ELECTRICAL SENSOR AND BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM | CHEN, TSE W | — |
| 18549751 | VENTILATOR AND AIRBAG FOR A VENTILATOR | LUARCA, MARGARET M | — |
| 17616841 | METHODS AND REAGENTS FOR NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION AND/OR DETECTION | POHNERT, STEVEN C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18701064 | ELECTRICAL SENSOR AND BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM | CHEN, TSE W | — |
| 18549751 | VENTILATOR AND AIRBAG FOR A VENTILATOR | LUARCA, MARGARET M | — |
| 17616841 | METHODS AND REAGENTS FOR NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION AND/OR DETECTION | POHNERT, STEVEN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| 1622 | 1 |
| 1683 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18701064 | ELECTRICAL SENSOR AND BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM | CHEN, TSE W | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18549751 | VENTILATOR AND AIRBAG FOR A VENTILATOR | LUARCA, MARGARET M | 3785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18000423 | INHIBITORS OF PROTEIN FUCOSYLATION AND USES THEREOF | WARD, PAUL V | 1622 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2022 |
| 17616841 | METHODS AND REAGENTS FOR NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION AND/OR DETECTION | POHNERT, STEVEN C | 1683 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2021 |
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