Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
3Helix Inc. operates a company patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. There are 2 pending office actions currently active for this portfolio. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners. Additionally, the matters are being processed within 2 distinct art units, which suggests a lack of administrative or technical overlap between the current pending cases. For a patent practitioner, this means that prosecution strategies must be tailored to 2 different individuals across 2 distinct art units.
The busiest examiner identified is ORWIG, KEVIN S, who is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Given the total of 2 pending office actions, ORWIG, KEVIN S is responsible for a portion of the active docket. The remaining portion is handled by the other of the 2 distinct examiners. This structure implies that the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering innovations currently under review are diverse enough to be assigned to different specialized units within the patent office. Practitioners should prepare for independent timelines and examination styles for each of the 2 pending office actions due to the lack of overlap in examiners and art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORWIG, KEVIN S | 1 | 25.5% | +40.1% |
| SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | 1 | 69.7% | +26.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18688621 | Systems and Methods for Detecting Fibrosis | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | 46d overdue |
| 18698649 | Biologically Active Collagen Hybridizing Peptides | ORWIG, KEVIN S | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18688621 | Systems and Methods for Detecting Fibrosis | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | 46d overdue |
| 18698649 | Biologically Active Collagen Hybridizing Peptides | ORWIG, KEVIN S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3991 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18698649 | Biologically Active Collagen Hybridizing Peptides | ORWIG, KEVIN S | 3991 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18688621 | Systems and Methods for Detecting Fibrosis | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial3Helix Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Kevin S Orwig has the most, with 1 of 3Helix Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
