Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
AB Lindex has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Although there are distinct art units involved, prosecution is handled by only 1 distinct examiner. COLLIER, JAMESON D is the busiest examiner, responsible for the 2 pending office actions.
This shows a high concentration of examiner oversight. The 1 distinct examiner manages all pending matters across the art units, which may lead to consistent feedback across different technical areas.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLIER, JAMESON D | 3 | 54.4% | +46.9% |
| LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 1 | 61.1% | +41.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18692808 | Protective garment | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 61d |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18692810 | Protective garment | COLLIER, JAMESON D | 11d overdue |
| 18692808 | Protective garment | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 61d |
| 18989204 | Protective garment | COLLIER, JAMESON D | — |
| 18692806 | Protective garment | COLLIER, JAMESON D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 3 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18989204 | Protective garment | COLLIER, JAMESON D | 3732 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18692810 | Protective garment | COLLIER, JAMESON D | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Mar 16, 2024 |
| 18692808 | Protective garment | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Mar 16, 2024 |
| 18692806 | Protective garment | COLLIER, JAMESON D | 3781 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAB Lindex has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Jameson D Collier has the most, with 3 of AB Lindex's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
