Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Spr Therapeutics Inc. has 8 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are concentrated in 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's innovations fall into specific categories within the medical device field. The portfolio is handled by 6 distinct examiners, meaning some examiners are managing multiple applications for the company. This concentration in 2 distinct art units may allow for a streamlined prosecution strategy as the company deals with fewer departmental variations.
ALYSSA MARGO ALTER MORSCHAUSER is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. This represents a portion of the 8 pending office actions total. With 2 distinct art units involved, the company may benefit from a consistent examination experience, as the 6 distinct examiners likely share similar departmental guidelines and precedents. The fact that 3 pending office actions are assigned to the busiest examiner suggests that this individual's specific examination style will have an impact on the portfolio.
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 | 5 (56%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (11%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | 4 | 76.5% | +15.8% |
| GEDEON, BRIAN T | 1 | 86.9% | +7.2% |
| MORALES, JON ERIC C | 1 | 85.4% | +10.0% |
| JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 1 | 87.4% | +7.0% |
| FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN | 1 | 79.4% | +18.4% |
| LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | 1 | 69.4% | +29.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18623297 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SHOULDER PAIN RELATED TO SUBACROMIAL IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 12d |
| 18772597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN RELATED TO LIMB JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY | MORALES, JON ERIC C | 19d |
| 19001978 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PLACE ONE OR MORE LEADS IN TISSUE FOR PROVIDING FUNCTIONAL AND/OR THERAPEUTIC STIMULATION | GEDEON, BRIAN T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19043657 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN THROUGH NEURAL FIBER STIMULATION | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18379265 | OCCIPITAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN | LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | 128d overdue |
| 18418456 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING, IMPLANTING AND USING A STIMULATION LEAD | FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN | 5d overdue |
| 18772597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN RELATED TO LIMB JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY | MORALES, JON ERIC C | 19d |
| 19043657 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN THROUGH NEURAL FIBER STIMULATION | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — |
| 19002021 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN THROUGH NEURAL FIBER STIMULATION | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — |
| 18820820 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PLACE ONE OR MORE LEADS IN TISSUE TO ELECTRICALLY STIMULATE NERVES TO TREAT PAIN | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — |
| 18820458 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN THROUGH NEURAL FIBER STIMULATION | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 4 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19043657 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN THROUGH NEURAL FIBER STIMULATION | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | 3796 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19001978 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PLACE ONE OR MORE LEADS IN TISSUE FOR PROVIDING FUNCTIONAL AND/OR THERAPEUTIC STIMULATION | GEDEON, BRIAN T | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 19002021 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN THROUGH NEURAL FIBER STIMULATION | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18820820 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PLACE ONE OR MORE LEADS IN TISSUE TO ELECTRICALLY STIMULATE NERVES TO TREAT PAIN | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18820458 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN THROUGH NEURAL FIBER STIMULATION | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18772597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN RELATED TO LIMB JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY | MORALES, JON ERIC C | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18623297 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SHOULDER PAIN RELATED TO SUBACROMIAL IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 3796 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18418456 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING, IMPLANTING AND USING A STIMULATION LEAD | FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18379265 | OCCIPITAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN | LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 128d overdue | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
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