Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Taisei Kako Co. Ltd. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, with KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH serving as the busiest examiner. The 1 busiest examiner pending action assigned to KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH is part of the total 2 pending office actions. These actions are situated within 1 distinct art unit.
The concentration of 2 pending office actions within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the underlying technologies are related. However, the use of 2 distinct examiners means the company must navigate 2 different sets of examiner expectations. The 1 busiest examiner pending action indicates that the workload is distributed, as each of the 2 distinct examiners is responsible for 1 action.
For the practitioner, the 1 distinct art unit provides the environment for technical arguments in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. Managing 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions requires attention to detail to ensure that responses remain consistent. The presence of KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH as the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action confirms the prosecution load.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | 1 | 45.9% | +47.5% |
| DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 1 | 50.0% | +64.4% |
| RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | 1 | 73.4% | +33.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18713330 | Squeeze Container | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | — |
| 17608722 | HOLDER FOR ADMINISTERING RADIATION OR ANTICANCER CHEMOTHERAPY SENSITIZER | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18713330 | Squeeze Container | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | — |
| 17608722 | HOLDER FOR ADMINISTERING RADIATION OR ANTICANCER CHEMOTHERAPY SENSITIZER | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | — |
| 17439392 | SYRINGE AUXILIARY TOOL | RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18713330 | Squeeze Container | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 17608722 | HOLDER FOR ADMINISTERING RADIATION OR ANTICANCER CHEMOTHERAPY SENSITIZER | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2021 |
| 17439392 | SYRINGE AUXILIARY TOOL | RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2021 |
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