Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Weinberg Medical Physics Inc. is managing 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, indicating that no two pending matters are being reviewed by the same person. This distribution requires the company to address the unique feedback of 3 different examiners.
The 3 pending office actions are spread across 2 distinct art units. Brian L Casler is the busiest examiner, currently responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the company is active in 2 distinct art units, its Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering innovations are being reviewed by multiple specialized technical groups. The company must manage its 3 pending office actions by interacting with 3 distinct examiners, each of whom is responsible for 1 pending office action. This structure requires the applicant to maintain consistent arguments across 2 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASLER, BRIAN L | 1 | 78.8% | +22.2% |
| SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE | 1 | 52.0% | +55.3% |
| DORNA, CARRIE R | 1 | 72.3% | +27.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17738770 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CARDIAC CONDUCTION ABNORMALITIES | SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE | 9d |
| 17568122 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE MODULATION OF NEURONAL FUNCTION AND OF AND TISSUE PERMEABILITY WITH MRI CORRELATION | DORNA, CARRIE R | 9d |
| 18441692 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WEARABLE ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND MAGNETICALLY-ENABLED THERAPY | CASLER, BRIAN L | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17738770 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CARDIAC CONDUCTION ABNORMALITIES | SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE | 9d |
| 17568122 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE MODULATION OF NEURONAL FUNCTION AND OF AND TISSUE PERMEABILITY WITH MRI CORRELATION | DORNA, CARRIE R | 9d |
| 18441692 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WEARABLE ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND MAGNETICALLY-ENABLED THERAPY | CASLER, BRIAN L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18441692 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WEARABLE ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND MAGNETICALLY-ENABLED THERAPY | CASLER, BRIAN L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 17738770 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CARDIAC CONDUCTION ABNORMALITIES | SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE | 3798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | May 06, 2022 |
| 17568122 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE MODULATION OF NEURONAL FUNCTION AND OF AND TISSUE PERMEABILITY WITH MRI CORRELATION | DORNA, CARRIE R | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Jan 04, 2022 |
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