Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ventaris Surgical Inc. currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is being prosecuted in 1 distinct art unit, indicating a very specific technical focus for the current portfolio. With only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's prosecution strategy is centered on a single relationship at the patent office. The focus on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector suggests a very specific technical challenge is currently being addressed.
KHANDKER, RAIHAN R is the busiest examiner, managing 1 busiest_examiner_pending action. This individual handles the only active office action for the company. Because there are no other 1 distinct examiners or 1 distinct art units to navigate, the company can focus its efforts on the specific technical and procedural requirements of KHANDKER, RAIHAN R. The resolution of this 1 pending office action is the sole focus of the company's current medical device patenting activity. Successfully navigating the requirements of KHANDKER, RAIHAN R is essential for the company's current strategy.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | 1 | 64.2% | +57.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19373596 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVAL OF BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS FROM ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES WITHIN A BODY | KHANDKER, RAIHAN 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19373596 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVAL OF BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS FROM ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES WITHIN A BODY | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19373596 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVAL OF BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS FROM ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES WITHIN A BODY | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | 3771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2025 |
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