Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Stafl Systems LLC has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio's current activity is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focus for their active patent applications. This structure suggests that the company is currently prioritizing a specific mechanical or medical innovation that falls under the jurisdiction of 1 patent office division. This can lead to a more efficient prosecution process by reducing the number of administrative contacts.
ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E serves as the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because this individual is the only examiner with an open action, the prosecution strategy for the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering portfolio is currently centralized under their oversight. The company's immediate success in securing patent rights depends on navigating the specific requirements and prior art citations provided by this 1 examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E | 1 | 66.6% | +18.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18384316 | LASER-WELDED COOLING PLATE | ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18384316 | LASER-WELDED COOLING PLATE | ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18384316 | LASER-WELDED COOLING PLATE | ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
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