Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 4 (44%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG | 2 | 54.8% | +55.9% |
| PONTON, JAMES D | 1 | 79.9% | +32.7% |
| ASGHAR, AMINAH | 1 | 61.2% | +46.7% |
| CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 1 | 63.8% | +32.4% |
| DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 1 | 74.4% | +26.0% |
| MILLER, DANIEL A | 1 | 34.3% | +57.8% |
| LUARCA, MARGARET M | 1 | 74.3% | +18.7% |
| RUDDIE, ELLIOT S | 1 | 66.3% | +42.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18277527 | MEDICO-SURGICAL TUBES | RUDDIE, ELLIOT S | 41d |
| 18571339 | SAFETY CATHETER ASSEMBLY | PONTON, JAMES D | — |
| 17350854 | INDICIA BEARING SEPTUMS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SEPTUMS AND PORTAL THEREFOR | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| 18557646 | HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGE DEVICES, ELEMENTS AND ASSEMBLIES | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | — |
| 18282519 | TRACHEOSTOMY TUBES AND THEIR ASSEMBLY | MILLER, DANIEL A | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17600047 | DRESSINGS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHLEBITIS DETECTION | ASGHAR, AMINAH | 21d |
| 18281701 | HME DEVICES | LUARCA, MARGARET M | 27d |
| 18277527 | MEDICO-SURGICAL TUBES | RUDDIE, ELLIOT S | 41d |
| 17916838 | REINFORCED MEDICO-SURGICAL TUBES AND THEIR MANUFACTURE | SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG | 68d |
| 18571339 | SAFETY CATHETER ASSEMBLY | PONTON, JAMES D | — |
| 17350854 | INDICIA BEARING SEPTUMS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SEPTUMS AND PORTAL THEREFOR | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| 18568882 | RESPIRATORY THERAPY DEVICES | SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG | — |
| 18557646 | HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGE DEVICES, ELEMENTS AND ASSEMBLIES | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 5 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18571339 | SAFETY CATHETER ASSEMBLY | PONTON, JAMES D | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 17600047 | DRESSINGS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHLEBITIS DETECTION | ASGHAR, AMINAH | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Sep 29, 2021 |
| 17350854 | INDICIA BEARING SEPTUMS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SEPTUMS AND PORTAL THEREFOR | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 3726 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2021 |
| 18568882 | RESPIRATORY THERAPY DEVICES | SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18557646 | HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGE DEVICES, ELEMENTS AND ASSEMBLIES | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 3785 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18282519 | TRACHEOSTOMY TUBES AND THEIR ASSEMBLY | MILLER, DANIEL A | 3786 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2023 |
| 18281701 | HME DEVICES | LUARCA, MARGARET M | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18277527 | MEDICO-SURGICAL TUBES | RUDDIE, ELLIOT S | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 17916838 | REINFORCED MEDICO-SURGICAL TUBES AND THEIR MANUFACTURE | SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 68d | Pending | Oct 04, 2022 |
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