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Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
15 pending office actions • 15 clients • 15 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
THE WATSON IP GROUP, PLC operates in the technology area of Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm has processed 1094 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 84.65 percent. This percentage shows the success rate of resolved applications in obtaining a patent. For a practitioner, this figure illustrates the firm's track record in its field.
The firm is currently handling 11 pending office actions. The average number of office actions per allowance is 2.71. This 2.71 office actions per allowance figure reflects the amount of negotiation required for each grant. With 1094 career applications, the firm has established a record in its field. The 11 pending office actions represent the current workload in the examination phase.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 3 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| §112 only | 3 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE | 1 | 58.7% | +37.5% |
| EPPERT, LUCY CLARE | 1 | 60.0% | +31.0% |
| BULLINGTON, ROBERT P | 1 | 42.7% | +30.3% |
| CHEN, ZHITONG | 1 | 76.3% | +20.3% |
| BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE | 1 | 79.1% | +13.4% |
| KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | 1 | 64.2% | +57.2% |
| HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER | 1 | 62.2% | +28.8% |
| PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 1 | 60.5% | +28.1% |
| TRINH, MINH N | 1 | 85.5% | +9.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18371944 | ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINE REPAIR DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE | TRINH, MINH N | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17416454 | MEMBRANE FOR SEPARATION OF STEM CELLS FROM BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES, PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR SAID MEMBRANE, AND PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATION, COMPRISING SAID MEMBRANE | BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA | 267d overdue |
| 18600629 | ENTERAL FEEDING SYSTEM | CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER | 58d overdue |
| 17558486 | MOBILE INDUSTRIAL MIXING APPARATUS | COOLEY, CHARLES E | 2d overdue |
| 18618958 | TRAINING AID ASSEMBLY | HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ | 34d |
| 18143060 | FILM FOR FLEXIBLE PACKAGING | FREEMAN, JOHN D | 34d |
| 18759231 | MOTORCYCLE FRONT SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY | BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE | — |
| 18743080 | SUTURE CUTTING TOOL | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18600629 | ENTERAL FEEDING SYSTEM | CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER | 58d overdue |
| 18518480 | CAN SEAMING APPARATUS | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 33d |
| 19256968 | DENTAL ALIGNER APPARATUS | BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE | — |
| 19091701 | URINARY CATHETER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH INFECTION SENSING, AN EXTENSION ASSEMBLY HAVING A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | EPPERT, LUCY CLARE | — |
| 18871143 | A SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING INTERACTIVE TRAINING SCENARIO AND FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF RELEVANT OBJECTS IN A TRAINING RANGE AND A METHOD OF SYSTEM SET UP AND CALIBRATION | BULLINGTON, ROBERT P | — |
| 18773298 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT POWER MANAGEMENT | CHEN, ZHITONG | — |
| 18759231 | MOTORCYCLE FRONT SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY | BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE | — |
| 18743080 | SUTURE CUTTING TOOL | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19256968 | DENTAL ALIGNER APPARATUS | Imper Ortho US, Inc. | BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE | 3772 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19091701 | URINARY CATHETER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH INFECTION SENSING, AN EXTENSION ASSEMBLY HAVING A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Advocath LLC | EPPERT, LUCY CLARE | 3791 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 18871143 | A SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING INTERACTIVE TRAINING SCENARIO AND FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF RELEVANT OBJECTS IN A TRAINING RANGE AND A METHOD OF SYSTEM SET UP AND CALIBRATION | Guardiaris D.O.O. | BULLINGTON, ROBERT P | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 | |
| 18773298 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT POWER MANAGEMENT | Ixi Technology Holdings, Inc. | CHEN, ZHITONG | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 | |
| 18759231 | MOTORCYCLE FRONT SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY | Flat Earth Motors, Inc. | BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 | |
| 18743080 | SUTURE CUTTING TOOL | Suture Slicer, Inc. | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18618958 | TRAINING AID ASSEMBLY | Artisan Medical Displays, LLC | HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18600629 | ENTERAL FEEDING SYSTEM | Lactalogics, Inc. | CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER | 3733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 58d overdue | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18518480 | CAN SEAMING APPARATUS | Oktober, LLC | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 3725 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Nov 23, 2023 |
| 18371944 | ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINE REPAIR DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE | Classic Connectors, Inc. | TRINH, MINH N | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 | |
| 18201090 | FASTENER WELDING APPARATUS | Jr Automation Technologies, LLC | ISKRA, JOSEPH W | 3761 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18143060 | FILM FOR FLEXIBLE PACKAGING | Sig Combibloc Services AG | FREEMAN, JOHN D | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
| 17988555 | MIXED MODE MOBILE SERVICE ROBOT WITH MANUAL AND AUTONOMOUS MANEUVERABILITY | Loop Robots | TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE | 3667 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Nov 16, 2022 |
| 17558486 | MOBILE INDUSTRIAL MIXING APPARATUS | One Pass Innovators, LLC | COOLEY, CHARLES E | 1774 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2021 |
| 17416454 | MEMBRANE FOR SEPARATION OF STEM CELLS FROM BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES, PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR SAID MEMBRANE, AND PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATION, COMPRISING SAID MEMBRANE | BIO-RECELL LTD. | BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA | 1632 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 267d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 2021 |
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