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 • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Symetis SA operates a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. There are currently 2 pending office actions for the company. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners but are located within only 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the company is dealing with different individuals, its current pending technology falls within a single specialized administrative group at the patent office.
WILSON, LEE D is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 busiest examiner pending office action. With 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the workload is divided between the 2 individuals. The fact that both examiners are within 1 distinct art unit may lead to more consistent application of unit-specific policies or interpretations of the law. Practitioners should be aware that although the art unit is the same, the 2 distinct examiners may still have individual preferences in how they conduct their reviews.
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 (50%) |
| No statute on record | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, LEE D | 1 | 80.0% | +18.8% |
| BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | 1 | 68.2% | +23.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16950292 | VALVE REPLACEMENT DEVICES, DELIVERY DEVICE FOR A VALVE REPLACEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF A VALVE REPLACEMENT DEVICE | BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18914679 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING/LOADING STENT-VALVES | WILSON, LEE D | — |
| 16950292 | VALVE REPLACEMENT DEVICES, DELIVERY DEVICE FOR A VALVE REPLACEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF A VALVE REPLACEMENT DEVICE | BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18914679 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING/LOADING STENT-VALVES | WILSON, LEE D | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 16950292 | VALVE REPLACEMENT DEVICES, DELIVERY DEVICE FOR A VALVE REPLACEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF A VALVE REPLACEMENT DEVICE | BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | 3774 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2020 |
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