Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Achilleus LLC currently manages a patent portfolio focused on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio has 2 pending office actions, all of which are concentrated under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a highly centralized prosecution environment where an individual oversees the entirety of the company's active matters within the patent office. Such a structure suggests that the current patent applications are closely related in technical scope.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B, who is responsible for 2 pending office actions. Because the total number of pending office actions is concentrated, this examiner handles the current workload for the company. Practitioners should prepare for a consistent examination style across all pending applications given this concentration in the art unit. The lack of diversity in examiners means that the company's immediate prosecution success depends on navigating the specific requirements and interpretations of this examiner. This centralized structure requires the practitioner to maintain a highly focused and consistent technical narrative throughout the prosecution process.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | 2 | 75.4% | +29.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18337023 | SECURE DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICATIONS | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | — |
| 17644327 | SECURE DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICATIONS | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18337023 | SECURE DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICATIONS | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | — |
| 17644327 | SECURE DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICATIONS | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18337023 | SECURE DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICATIONS | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2023 |
| 17644327 | SECURE DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICATIONS | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialAchilleus LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Courtney B Fredrickson has the most, with 2 of Achilleus LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
