Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital For Children maintains a company patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. There are 3 pending office actions currently active in this portfolio. These 3 actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, RAMANA, ANURADHA, is responsible for 1 pending action. This distribution indicates that each of the company's current pending matters is being reviewed by a unique examiner in a separate specialized unit.
The presence of 3 distinct art units for 3 pending office actions suggests that the hospital's research and development in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering is technically diverse. Practitioners must navigate 3 different sets of examiner preferences and art unit guidelines. Because the busiest examiner pending count is 1, no single examiner has a dominant influence over the current pending workload. This spread across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units means that the prosecution of each of the 3 pending office actions is likely independent of the others, requiring a tailored approach for each case.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAMANA, ANURADHA | 1 | 82.7% | +22.4% |
| CHANDRA, GYAN | 1 | 71.3% | +27.5% |
| LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | 1 | 80.5% | +16.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18468050 | Hook-Spring Plate for Growth Modulation of Immature Rib to Correct Early Onset Scoliosis | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 73d overdue |
| 18006300 | Flexible Intramedullary Device Tether | LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | 34d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18468050 | Hook-Spring Plate for Growth Modulation of Immature Rib to Correct Early Onset Scoliosis | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 73d overdue |
| 18006300 | Flexible Intramedullary Device Tether | LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | 34d |
| 18334212 | Compositions and Methods for Treating Osteonecrosis | CHANDRA, GYAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 3773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18468050 | Hook-Spring Plate for Growth Modulation of Immature Rib to Correct Early Onset Scoliosis | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18334212 | Compositions and Methods for Treating Osteonecrosis | CHANDRA, GYAN | 3783 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18006300 | Flexible Intramedullary Device Tether | LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | 3773 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
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