Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Standard Bariatrics Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This ratio of 2 pending office actions to 2 distinct examiners suggests that the company's current workload is not concentrated under any single individual. Gloria R Weeks is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action.
Given that there are only 2 pending office actions in total, the prosecution footprint is currently limited. The presence of 2 distinct art units for only 2 actions indicates that even this small volume of work is technically divided. Practitioners should note that Gloria R Weeks handles 1 pending office action, representing half of the current pending matters. The Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area encompasses all 2 pending office actions, requiring familiarity with the specific standards of the 2 distinct art units 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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEEKS, GLORIA R | 1 | 70.4% | +12.4% |
| LOUIS, RICHARD G | 1 | 74.7% | +17.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18587044 | SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY CALIBRATION TUBE AND METHOD OF USING SAME | LOUIS, RICHARD G | 22d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18587044 | SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY CALIBRATION TUBE AND METHOD OF USING SAME | LOUIS, RICHARD G | 22d |
| 19384353 | STAPLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL DEVICES AND END EFFECTORS | WEEKS, GLORIA R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19384353 | STAPLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL DEVICES AND END EFFECTORS | WEEKS, GLORIA R | 3731 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 18587044 | SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY CALIBRATION TUBE AND METHOD OF USING SAME | LOUIS, RICHARD G | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
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