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
Symbios Orthopédie S A is currently prosecuting a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. There is 1 pending office action currently requiring attention from the company. This activity reflects the company's focus on protecting its orthopedic and mechanical innovations. Navigating the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector requires a precise understanding of both technical and regulatory standards during the examination process.
The pending work is overseen by 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the technical subject matter is reviewed by a specific group within the patent office. For the applicant, this means that the prosecution path is centralized, with 1 distinct art unit applying its specific standards to the applications. This structure can lead to a more uniform review of the company's medical device technologies.
SHARMA, YASHITA is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. As the only examiner with a pending matter, SHARMA, YASHITA is the primary point of contact for the company's current prosecution efforts. Practitioners should be prepared to address the specific technical requirements of this official to resolve the 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This centralized review simplifies the administrative burden of managing the portfolio.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARMA, YASHITA | 1 | 81.8% | +24.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17794334 | ANATOMIC KNEE PROSTHESIS AND DESIGNING METHOD | SHARMA, YASHITA | 61d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17794334 | ANATOMIC KNEE PROSTHESIS AND DESIGNING METHOD | SHARMA, YASHITA | 61d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17794334 | ANATOMIC KNEE PROSTHESIS AND DESIGNING METHOD | SHARMA, YASHITA | 3774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Jul 21, 2022 |
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