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 • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
VICIS IP, LLC currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, resulting in a unique examiner for every pending action. This distribution shows no consolidation of cases under any single examiner for the 2 active matters. This decentralized approach means that the company's mechanical engineering innovations are subject to the individual interpretations of 2 different examiners.
The company's prosecution is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit. With 2 pending office actions, this high level of concentration in 1 unit suggests that the company's mechanical engineering innovations are reviewed by a single specialized group. This focus within 1 art unit can lead to a very consistent examination experience. The presence of 2 pending actions in 1 art unit indicates that the company's technology falls into a narrow technical classification within the patent office.
PATRICK JOHN LYNCH is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. Since both distinct examiners are managing 1 action each, the workload is evenly distributed. The management of 2 pending actions across 1 art unit reflects the company's focused engagement with the patent office. This structure allows the company to maintain a concentrated presence in a key technical sector while managing its active applications across 2 different examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 1 | 61.1% | +41.6% |
| MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 1 | 47.4% | +68.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18777131 | IMPACT MITIGATION FIT PODS | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 53d |
| 19420342 | IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURES FOR ATHLETIC HELMET | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18777131 | IMPACT MITIGATION FIT PODS | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 53d |
| 19420342 | IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURES FOR ATHLETIC HELMET | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19420342 | IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURES FOR ATHLETIC HELMET | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2025 |
| 18777131 | IMPACT MITIGATION FIT PODS | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 53d | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
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