Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ulthera, Inc. operates within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently has 5 pending office actions. Unlike many portfolios where actions are widely dispersed, these 5 actions are concentrated within only 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the company's current intellectual property filings are focused on a specific technical sub-field with consistent examination standards.
The prosecution is handled by 2 distinct examiners. MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, managing 4 pending office actions. This represents a significant majority of the 5 total pending actions. For the practitioner, the outcomes of this portfolio are heavily dependent on the decisions of this single examiner, as the other distinct examiner handles only 1 remaining action.
The 1 distinct art unit provides a centralized environment for the 5 pending office actions. MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP's role in 4 pending office actions means that his specific interpretation of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field will be the primary factor in the company's success. This high concentration of 4 actions with 1 examiner is notable compared to the total of 2 distinct examiners assigned to the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 3 (75%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | 3 | 51.8% | +56.9% |
| NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | 1 | 52.6% | +40.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18590670 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINED COSMETIC TREATMENT OF CELLULITE WITH ULTRASOUND | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | 85d |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18590670 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINED COSMETIC TREATMENT OF CELLULITE WITH ULTRASOUND | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | 85d |
| 19025676 | SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASOUND TREATMENT | MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | — |
| 19025430 | SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASOUND TREATMENT | MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | — |
| 18805211 | SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASOUND TREATMENT | MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19025676 | SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASOUND TREATMENT | MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | 3797 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19025430 | SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASOUND TREATMENT | MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | 3797 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18805211 | SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASOUND TREATMENT | MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | 3797 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18590670 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINED COSMETIC TREATMENT OF CELLULITE WITH ULTRASOUND | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 85d | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
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