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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Swisca AG is managing 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, yet both are housed within 1 distinct art unit. PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK is the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. This indicates that the pending office actions are split evenly between the examiners.
The concentration within the 1 distinct art unit suggests a consistent technical focus for the portfolio, even though different individuals are conducting the examinations. Practitioners can expect the same art unit guidelines to apply to both of the 2 pending office actions, despite the need to navigate the individual preferences of distinct examiners. Having multiple examiners within the same art unit allows for a comparison of examiner behavior while maintaining a stable technical environment for the workload in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 1 | 60.5% | +28.1% |
| DANG, KET D | 1 | 61.5% | +37.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18554001 | WETTING DEVICE FOR CEREAL GRAIN | DANG, KET D | 6d |
| 18992637 | FEED DEVICE AND ROLLER FACILITY | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18554001 | WETTING DEVICE FOR CEREAL GRAIN | DANG, KET D | 6d |
| 18992637 | FEED DEVICE AND ROLLER FACILITY | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18992637 | FEED DEVICE AND ROLLER FACILITY | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18554001 | WETTING DEVICE FOR CEREAL GRAIN | DANG, KET D | 3761 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
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