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 • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Trudell Medical International Inc. has 2 pending office actions focused in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Unlike more dispersed portfolios, these actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, despite being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners. This concentration suggests a specific technological focus within the broader sector. The use of different examiners within a single unit can provide various perspectives on the same set of guidelines, which may be beneficial for the active matters.
DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA serves as the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action. Because there are 2 distinct examiners for the current workload, each individual is managing a specific matter. The 1 distinct art unit involved provides a singular venue for prosecution, which may simplify the tracking of examiner trends and unit specific procedures. Practitioners should coordinate responses to ensure that the arguments presented to DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA are compatible with those presented to the other examiner in the same environment. This strategy helps maintain a unified approach across the 2 pending office actions.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 1 | 74.4% | +26.0% |
| MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | 1 | 71.7% | +31.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18440626 | HUFF COUGH SIMULATION DEVICE | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | — |
| 18118297 | NASAL MASK WITH AROMATIC DISPENSER | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18440626 | HUFF COUGH SIMULATION DEVICE | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | — |
| 18118297 | NASAL MASK WITH AROMATIC DISPENSER | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18440626 | HUFF COUGH SIMULATION DEVICE | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18118297 | NASAL MASK WITH AROMATIC DISPENSER | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
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