Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
15 pending office actions • 2 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (27%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| §112 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 3 | 63.8% | +32.4% |
| RUFO, RYAN C | 3 | 58.9% | +40.8% |
| COZART, JERMIE E | 2 | 84.0% | +3.2% |
| AVERICK, LAWRENCE | 1 | 75.7% | +23.9% |
| VITALE, MICHAEL J | 1 | 67.2% | +34.7% |
| WILENSKY, MOSHE K | 1 | 75.2% | +15.9% |
| TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 1 | 63.2% | +43.6% |
| DEONAUTH, NIRVANA | 1 | 69.8% | +33.4% |
| GATES, ERIC ANDREW | 1 | 78.8% | +14.5% |
| ADDISU, SARA | 1 | 85.4% | +10.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17853306 | SHANK AND CUTTING TOOL HAVING THE SHANK | ADDISU, SARA | 9d overdue |
| 18181904 | CUTTING INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL EQUIPPED WITH CUTTING INSERT | RUFO, RYAN C | 56d |
| 19087384 | CUTTING INSERT, BODY, AND CUTTING TOOL | COZART, JERMIE E | — |
| 19044834 | BODY, GUIDE PAD, AND HOLE MACHINING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| 19041277 | CUTTING INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL | COZART, JERMIE E | — |
| 19025302 | CUTTING TOOL | RUFO, RYAN C | — |
| 19013124 | CUTTING TOOL BODY AND CUTTING TOOL | RUFO, RYAN C | — |
| 18890182 | FASTENING COMPONENT | VITALE, MICHAEL J | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17853306 | SHANK AND CUTTING TOOL HAVING THE SHANK | ADDISU, SARA | 9d overdue |
| 18181904 | CUTTING INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL EQUIPPED WITH CUTTING INSERT | RUFO, RYAN C | 56d |
| 19106679 | CUTTING INSERT AND MILLING TOOL | AVERICK, LAWRENCE | — |
| 19044834 | BODY, GUIDE PAD, AND HOLE MACHINING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| 19025302 | CUTTING TOOL | RUFO, RYAN C | — |
| 19013124 | CUTTING TOOL BODY AND CUTTING TOOL | RUFO, RYAN C | — |
| 18890182 | FASTENING COMPONENT | VITALE, MICHAEL J | — |
| 18828774 | FIXING MEMBER AND CUTTING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 4 |
| 3722 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19087384 | CUTTING INSERT, BODY, AND CUTTING TOOL | COZART, JERMIE E | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19106679 | CUTTING INSERT AND MILLING TOOL | AVERICK, LAWRENCE | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19044834 | BODY, GUIDE PAD, AND HOLE MACHINING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19041277 | CUTTING INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL | COZART, JERMIE E | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19025302 | CUTTING TOOL | RUFO, RYAN C | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19013124 | CUTTING TOOL BODY AND CUTTING TOOL | RUFO, RYAN C | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18890182 | FASTENING COMPONENT | VITALE, MICHAEL J | — | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18828774 | FIXING MEMBER AND CUTTING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18587866 | CUTTING INSERT, HOLDER, AND CUTTING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 3726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18531631 | INDEXABLE CUTTING TOOL AND CUTTING INSERT | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | 3726 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18497550 | CUTTING TOOL AND TOOL BODY THEREOF | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 3726 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18354723 | TIP AND CUTTING TOOL | DEONAUTH, NIRVANA | 3726 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18302488 | DRILL BODY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DRILL BODY | GATES, ERIC ANDREW | 3722 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2023 |
| 18181904 | CUTTING INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL EQUIPPED WITH CUTTING INSERT | RUFO, RYAN C | 3722 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Mar 10, 2023 |
| 17853306 | SHANK AND CUTTING TOOL HAVING THE SHANK | ADDISU, SARA | 3722 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Jun 29, 2022 |
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