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
Vydar Medical currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action.
The concentration of the 1 pending office action under 1 distinct examiner indicates a singular point of contact for the company's current prosecution. The 1 distinct art unit reflects a specific technical focus for the pending application. Because MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN is responsible for the only active case, practitioners can tailor their response to this examiner's specific history and preferences. This centralized workload simplifies the management of the 1 pending office action. By addressing the 1 busiest examiner pending action directly, the firm can streamline its efforts within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area to achieve a more efficient resolution.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 1 | 8.6% | +50.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18517061 | MANAGING EXTRA-HOSPITAL PATIENT CARE BY MONITORING PATIENTS VIA WEARABLE WIRELESS TISSUE AND PULSE OXYMETRY DEVICES | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 5d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18517061 | MANAGING EXTRA-HOSPITAL PATIENT CARE BY MONITORING PATIENTS VIA WEARABLE WIRELESS TISSUE AND PULSE OXYMETRY DEVICES | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 5d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18517061 | MANAGING EXTRA-HOSPITAL PATIENT CARE BY MONITORING PATIENTS VIA WEARABLE WIRELESS TISSUE AND PULSE OXYMETRY DEVICES | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
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