Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vat Holding AG currently has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are processed through 2 distinct art units, indicating a concentrated technical focus for the company's filings. The prosecution involves 4 distinct examiners, so each pending action is handled by a different individual. This distribution requires the company to manage 4 separate interactions with patent office personnel during the prosecution process.
The busiest examiner is CARY, KELSEY E, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This figure matches the workload of the other examiners, as the 4 pending actions are spread across the group. With 4 pending actions in 2 art units, the company must manage multiple examiner relationships within a limited number of technical groups. This structure requires the company to maintain consistency in its arguments while addressing the unique requirements of 4 different examiners and 2 different art units. The presence of 2 art units for 4 actions indicates that the company's work in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering is focused on specific sub-sectors.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARY, KELSEY E | 1 | 75.0% | +24.9% |
| CHAUDRY, ATIF H | 1 | 70.7% | +16.5% |
| HICKS, ANGELISA | 1 | 63.3% | +22.1% |
| MCCONNELL, AARON R | 1 | 44.6% | +53.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18715534 | PENDULUM VALVE WITH CALIBRATION DEVICE | HICKS, ANGELISA | 38d overdue |
| 17415863 | PIN-LIFTING DEVICE HAVING STATE MONITORING | MCCONNELL, AARON R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18715534 | PENDULUM VALVE WITH CALIBRATION DEVICE | HICKS, ANGELISA | 38d overdue |
| 19114353 | CLOSURE ASSEMBLY FOR A VACUUM VALVE | CARY, KELSEY E | — |
| 18873825 | VALVE | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | — |
| 17415863 | PIN-LIFTING DEVICE HAVING STATE MONITORING | MCCONNELL, AARON R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 3 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19114353 | CLOSURE ASSEMBLY FOR A VACUUM VALVE | CARY, KELSEY E | 3753 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 18873825 | VALVE | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | 3753 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18715534 | PENDULUM VALVE WITH CALIBRATION DEVICE | HICKS, ANGELISA | 3753 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 38d overdue | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 17415863 | PIN-LIFTING DEVICE HAVING STATE MONITORING | MCCONNELL, AARON R | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2021 |
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