Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Theragen, Inc. is currently managing 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 pending office actions are handled by 1 distinct examiner, which indicates that the company patent prosecution is concentrated under a single individual. The presence of 3 pending office actions means that the applicant immediate legal efforts are focused on a limited number of technical disclosures.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES, who is responsible for 3 pending office actions. Since the total of 3 pending office actions is assigned to EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES, this examiner has complete oversight of the company current interactions with the patent office. This creates a direct relationship where the company prosecution success is entirely dependent on the evaluation and feedback of this individual examiner.
The involvement of 1 distinct art unit means that the technical review is conducted within a specialized group at the patent office. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution process is highly centralized. The company must meet the specific technical standards and procedural preferences of the 1 distinct art unit involved in the review of these 3 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 3 | 85.1% | +15.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18397104 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 16d |
| 19465615 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED MOTION AND IMPEDANCE SENSING | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19465830 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING BONE HEALING | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18397104 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 16d |
| 19465830 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING BONE HEALING | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | — |
| 19465615 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED MOTION AND IMPEDANCE SENSING | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19465830 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING BONE HEALING | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 3792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2026 |
| 19465615 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED MOTION AND IMPEDANCE SENSING | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2026 |
| 18397104 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
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