Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 3 clients • 7 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
ALG Intellectual Property | AB is a patent law firm that specializes in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, where it has managed 1970 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 91.92 percent, reflecting an ability to secure patent grants for mechanical and medical device inventions. This success rate is a performance metric for their work in these technical fields.
The firm currently has 6 pending office actions. Their prosecution history shows an average of 3.43 office actions per allowance. This metric indicates a persistent approach to examiner interaction, ensuring that the 91.92 percent allowance rate is maintained through the efforts recorded in the data. For practitioners, the 3.43 average provides an expectation for the intensity of the prosecution cycle in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering.
The 1970 career applications provide a data set for evaluating the firm's long-term performance. The 91.92 percent allowance rate and 3.43 office actions per allowance together characterize a firm that is both successful and dedicated. The 6 pending office actions represent a focused portion of their current active workload.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN | 1 | 70.4% | +18.8% |
| HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 1 | 27.3% | +33.9% |
| SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 1 | 83.8% | +8.1% |
| EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 1 | 70.4% | +34.9% |
| WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | 1 | 55.6% | +46.6% |
| BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 1 | 34.0% | +33.2% |
| FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR | 1 | 27.8% | +40.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718210 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COCHLEAR TRAUMA MANAGEMENT DURING AN ELECTRODE LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17853281 | HEARING PROSTHESIS SYSTEM | FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR | 12d |
| 17870353 | ELECTRODE LOCATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE DURING A COCHLEAR IMPLANT LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 21d |
| 18876436 | System and Method for Inserting an Electrode Lead into a Cochlea | HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN | — |
| 18787093 | A COCHLEAR IMPLANT SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH A SKIN FLAP OF A RECIPIENT | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | — |
| 18622075 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING STIMULUS FREQUENCIES TO USE DURING A LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17853281 | HEARING PROSTHESIS SYSTEM | FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR | 12d |
| 17870353 | ELECTRODE LOCATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE DURING A COCHLEAR IMPLANT LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 21d |
| 18876436 | System and Method for Inserting an Electrode Lead into a Cochlea | HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN | — |
| 18787093 | A COCHLEAR IMPLANT SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH A SKIN FLAP OF A RECIPIENT | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | — |
| 18678686 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE DURING A PROCEDURE ASSOCIATED WITH A COCHLEAR IMPLANT | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | — |
| 18622075 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING STIMULUS FREQUENCIES TO USE DURING A LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| ADVANCED BIONICS AG | 3 |
| Advanced Bionics | 3 |
| Tim Nauwelaers | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 4 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18876436 | System and Method for Inserting an Electrode Lead into a Cochlea | Tim Nauwelaers | HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18787093 | A COCHLEAR IMPLANT SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH A SKIN FLAP OF A RECIPIENT | Advanced Bionics LLC | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 3796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18718210 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COCHLEAR TRAUMA MANAGEMENT DURING AN ELECTRODE LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | Advanced Bionics LLC | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18678686 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE DURING A PROCEDURE ASSOCIATED WITH A COCHLEAR IMPLANT | Advanced Bionics AG | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18622075 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING STIMULUS FREQUENCIES TO USE DURING A LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | Advanced Bionics LLC | WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | 3792 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 17870353 | ELECTRODE LOCATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE DURING A COCHLEAR IMPLANT LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | Advanced Bionics AG | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 3796 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Jul 21, 2022 |
| 17853281 | HEARING PROSTHESIS SYSTEM | Advanced Bionics AG | FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jun 29, 2022 |
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