Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 1 client • 6 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Farber LLC - Intuitive manages 6 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm draws on its experience with 1064 career applications and a resolved allowance rate pct of 91.78. This high success rate is a significant indicator of the firm's proficiency in this sector.
The avg office actions per allowance of 4.54 suggests that the firm is prepared for multiple rounds of examiner engagement to reach an allowance. For the 6 pending office actions, this average provides a benchmark for the expected prosecution effort. The firm's 91.78 resolved allowance rate pct across 1064 career applications highlights its consistent performance.
Practitioners can use the 4.54 avg office actions per allowance to estimate the timeline for the 6 pending office actions. The firm's 91.78 resolved allowance rate pct serves as a key metric for evaluating its success in medical device patenting.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRY, PATRICK B | 1 | 53.9% | +8.0% |
| HODGE, LINDA J | 1 | 87.5% | +27.3% |
| LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1 | 72.3% | +20.5% |
| POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 1 | 59.5% | +33.3% |
| CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C | 1 | 84.8% | +11.0% |
| HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES | 1 | 64.7% | +22.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19265011 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH SWITCHES FOR DEACTIVATING AND/OR IDENTIFYING STAPLER CARTRIDGES | HODGE, LINDA J | — |
| 19070366 | Surgical Instruments Having Mechanisms For Identifying And/Or Deactivating Stapler Cartridges | CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19480333 | COMPONENTS OF SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | FRY, PATRICK B | — |
| 19202037 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR APPLYING MULTIPLE CLIPS | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | — |
| 18735972 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS HAVING A JAW LOCKING MECHANISM | HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19265011 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH SWITCHES FOR DEACTIVATING AND/OR IDENTIFYING STAPLER CARTRIDGES | HODGE, LINDA J | — |
| 19247795 | STAPLER CARTRIDGE WITH AN INTEGRAL KNIFE | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | — |
| 19202037 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR APPLYING MULTIPLE CLIPS | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | — |
| 19070366 | Surgical Instruments Having Mechanisms For Identifying And/Or Deactivating Stapler Cartridges | CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C | — |
| 18735972 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS HAVING A JAW LOCKING MECHANISM | HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. | 6 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 4 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19480333 | COMPONENTS OF SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | FRY, PATRICK B | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2025 |
| 19265011 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH SWITCHES FOR DEACTIVATING AND/OR IDENTIFYING STAPLER CARTRIDGES | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | HODGE, LINDA J | 3731 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19247795 | STAPLER CARTRIDGE WITH AN INTEGRAL KNIFE | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 3731 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19202037 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR APPLYING MULTIPLE CLIPS | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19070366 | Surgical Instruments Having Mechanisms For Identifying And/Or Deactivating Stapler Cartridges | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C | 3731 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 18735972 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS HAVING A JAW LOCKING MECHANISM | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES | 3794 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
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