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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Simplify Medical Pty Ltd. is managing 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Both of these actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, which points to a specific technical focus in its current filings. The company is working with 2 distinct examiners for these matters. Christopher J Beccia is the busiest examiner, though he is responsible for only 1 pending office action.
This means each of the 2 pending actions is being reviewed by a different examiner despite being in the same unit. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's recent innovations are likely within a single specialized field. Practitioners should be prepared to address the individual feedback of 2 distinct examiners for the pending matters. Christopher J Beccia handles 1 of the active cases. The number of examiners is higher than the 1 art unit involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | 1 | 83.5% | +14.0% |
| BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT | 1 | 70.1% | +24.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19276214 | ROBOT ASSISTED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS SELECTION AND IMPLANTATION SYSTEM | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18486611 | ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRACTION IN INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION | BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT | 54d |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18486611 | ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRACTION IN INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION | BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT | 54d |
| 19276214 | ROBOT ASSISTED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS SELECTION AND IMPLANTATION SYSTEM | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19276214 | ROBOT ASSISTED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS SELECTION AND IMPLANTATION SYSTEM | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 18486611 | ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRACTION IN INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION | BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT | 3775 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
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