Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
18 pending office actions • 6 clients • 16 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
VIVICAR Law, PLLC focuses on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, with 378 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 76.82. This rate provides a baseline for its success in securing patent grants in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Practitioners can use the 378 career applications to evaluate the firm's historical outcomes. These metrics offer a basis for setting expectations for future filings in this technical field. The 76.82 resolved allowance rate pct provides a measure of success for applications managed by the firm.
There are 14 pending office actions at this time. The firm's avg office actions per allowance is 3.44. This 3.44 avg office actions per allowance reflects the number of examiner interactions typically required to reach an allowance. With 14 pending office actions, the firm continues to manage its active cases. The 3.44 avg office actions per allowance helps practitioners estimate the resources needed for the examination phase. The 76.82 resolved allowance rate pct and the 14 pending office actions provide a view of the firm's performance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 | 7 (39%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 2 | 75.6% | +14.8% |
| ARBLE, JESSICA R | 2 | 66.3% | +25.4% |
| PENG, BO JOSEPH | 1 | 69.5% | +13.6% |
| ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | 1 | 65.3% | +20.9% |
| BURNETTE, GABRIELLA E | 1 | 54.6% | +32.4% |
| DICKINSON, PAUL W | 1 | 63.1% | +9.5% |
| CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE | 1 | 33.8% | +25.2% |
| WENG, KAI H | 1 | 70.2% | +17.2% |
| DAKKAK, JIHAD | 1 | 49.3% | +46.0% |
| VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN | 1 | 84.0% | +10.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18687454 | 2,4-DIOXO-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF TUMORS | VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18381513 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 31d overdue |
| 18010068 | IMPROVEMENTS IN ULTRASOUND-MEDIATED THERAPY | HARRIS, WESLEY G | 19d |
| 19304171 | FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM | PENG, BO JOSEPH | — |
| 19057194 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED ABSORBENT CORE | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | — |
| 18722126 | MICROFLUIDIC PREPARATION OF NANODROPLETS WITH FLUORINATED COMPOUND | DICKINSON, PAUL W | — |
| 18715854 | ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND PROCESS OF MAKING | WENG, KAI H | — |
| 18639841 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH FUNCTIONAL CORE MATRIX | ARBLE, JESSICA R | — |
| 18267590 | PH RESPONSIVE CYANINE DYES AND CONJUGATES THEREOF | VU, JAKE MINH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18027434 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED MULTI-LAYERED CORE | ARBLE, JESSICA R | 44d overdue |
| 18381513 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 31d overdue |
| 18719175 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING A FLUORINATED GAS | CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE | 12d |
| 19304171 | FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM | PENG, BO JOSEPH | — |
| 19057194 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED ABSORBENT CORE | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | — |
| 19102004 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH TRANSVERSAL BARRIER AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH ABSORBENT ARTICLE | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | — |
| 18928677 | SMART ABSORBENT ARTICLES WITH AUTOMATED EXUDATE DETECTION | BURNETTE, GABRIELLA E | — |
| 18715854 | ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND PROCESS OF MAKING | WENG, KAI H | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Ontex Group N.V. | 10 |
| Bracco | 4 |
| Acist Medical Systems Inc. | 1 |
| Luigi Frati | 1 |
| SERICHIM SRL | 1 |
| SURGVISION GMBH | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 8 |
| 1618 | 2 |
| 1622 | 2 |
| 1621 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19304171 | FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM | Acist Medical Systems Inc. | PENG, BO JOSEPH | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2025 | |
| 19057194 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED ABSORBENT CORE | Ontex Group NV | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 | |
| 19102004 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH TRANSVERSAL BARRIER AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH ABSORBENT ARTICLE | Ontex Group NV | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 18928677 | SMART ABSORBENT ARTICLES WITH AUTOMATED EXUDATE DETECTION | Ontex Group NV | BURNETTE, GABRIELLA E | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 | |
| 18722126 | MICROFLUIDIC PREPARATION OF NANODROPLETS WITH FLUORINATED COMPOUND | Bracco Suisse SA | DICKINSON, PAUL W | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 | |
| 18719175 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING A FLUORINATED GAS | Bracco Suisse SA | CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE | 1618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18715854 | ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND PROCESS OF MAKING | Ontex Group NV | WENG, KAI H | 3781 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18715612 | WRAPPER FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLE | Ontex Group NV | DAKKAK, JIHAD | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18639841 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH FUNCTIONAL CORE MATRIX | Ontex Group NV | ARBLE, JESSICA R | 3781 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18687454 | 2,4-DIOXO-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF TUMORS | Luigi Frati | VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN | 1622 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18381513 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING | Ontex Group NV | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 3781 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18284515 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF CYCLEN | Serichim Srl | CHAO, ALLEN | 1622 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18267590 | PH RESPONSIVE CYANINE DYES AND CONJUGATES THEREOF | SurgVision GmbH | VU, JAKE MINH | 1618 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18027434 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED MULTI-LAYERED CORE | Ontex Group NV | ARBLE, JESSICA R | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 18017939 | MANUFACTURING OF DIMERIC CONTRAST AGENTS | BRACCO IMAGING S.P.A. | O DELL, DAVID K | 1621 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 70d overdue | Pending | Jan 25, 2023 |
| 18010068 | IMPROVEMENTS IN ULTRASOUND-MEDIATED THERAPY | Bracco Suisse SA | HARRIS, WESLEY G | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 17915915 | SMART ABSORBENT ARTICLES | Ontex Group NV | MENSH, ANDREW J | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17624298 | SUBSTRATE, ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR WETNESS MONITORING | Ontex Group NV | HAN, SETH | 3781 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2021 |
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