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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
ZAVATION MEDICAL PRODUCTS, LLC is currently managing 3 pending office actions within its patent portfolio. These actions are focused in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Despite having 3 pending office actions, the company's work is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the workload is distributed, the technical subject matter remains consistent across the pending applications.
The prosecution involves 3 distinct examiners, meaning each pending action is being reviewed by a different individual. SEVILLA, CHRISTIAN ANTHONY is identified as the busiest examiner for the company. This examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action, which is a component of the total volume of active matters. This distribution indicates that the company must navigate the preferences and requirements of 3 distinct examiners simultaneously.
The focus on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area within 1 distinct art unit provides a specific context for the 3 pending office actions. Although there are multiple distinct examiners, the shared art unit may lead to consistency in the prior art or legal standards applied. The 1 pending office action assigned to the busiest examiner represents a portion of the total active workload, requiring a management approach across the 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEVILLA, CHRISTIAN ANTHONY | 1 | 75.9% | +19.4% |
| GOTFREDSON, GAREN | 1 | 40.0% | +28.0% |
| MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 1 | 68.5% | +48.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18481880 | TRANSVERSE CONNECTOR | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 2d overdue |
| 19172403 | INTERBODY SPACER FOR SPINAL FUSION | SEVILLA, CHRISTIAN ANTHONY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18481880 | TRANSVERSE CONNECTOR | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 2d overdue |
| 19172403 | INTERBODY SPACER FOR SPINAL FUSION | SEVILLA, CHRISTIAN ANTHONY | — |
| 18917586 | BONE REPAIR COMPOSITION AND KIT | GOTFREDSON, GAREN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19172403 | INTERBODY SPACER FOR SPINAL FUSION | SEVILLA, CHRISTIAN ANTHONY | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 18917586 | BONE REPAIR COMPOSITION AND KIT | GOTFREDSON, GAREN | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18481880 | TRANSVERSE CONNECTOR | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3773 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
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