Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wuhan United Imaging Surgical Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is reviewing 1 application. All of these matters are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a unified technical focus for the company's current medical device filings.
The busiest examiner, MANGIALASCHI, TRACY, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 3 pending office actions split among 3 distinct examiners, the workload is evenly distributed. However, the concentration in 1 distinct art unit is a key factor for practitioners. This suggests that while they must navigate the individual preferences of 3 different examiners, the overarching technical standards of the 1 art unit will likely be consistent across all 3 pending office actions. This structure allows for a prosecution strategy that is deeply informed by the specific requirements of the 1 art unit. Practitioners can leverage insights gained from 1 examiner's feedback to inform their approach with the others, given their shared environment in 1 distinct art unit. The 3 pending office actions represent the entirety of the current workload.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANGIALASCHI, TRACY | 1 | 75.5% | +27.2% |
| NAH, JONGBONG | 1 | 75.2% | +17.5% |
| FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L | 1 | 58.0% | +37.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18939585 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE | NAH, JONGBONG | — |
| 18886986 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PUNCTURE PATH PLANNING | FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18871474 | REGISTRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | MANGIALASCHI, TRACY | — |
| 18939585 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE | NAH, JONGBONG | — |
| 18886986 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PUNCTURE PATH PLANNING | FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18871474 | REGISTRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | MANGIALASCHI, TRACY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18939585 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE | NAH, JONGBONG | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18886986 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PUNCTURE PATH PLANNING | FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L | 3798 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
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