Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Acutus Medical Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to ROANE, AARON F, who is also the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. The entire active portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a highly specific technical focus for the company's current prosecution efforts.
The presence of a single distinct examiner indicates a very focused or limited current prosecution phase. Because the workload is limited to a single distinct art unit, the company only needs to address the specific procedural and technical standards of that unit. ROANE, AARON F is the sole point of contact for the company's current pending matters in this data set, making this individual's examination style the primary factor in the company's immediate outcomes.
Practitioners should note that with only a single distinct examiner involved, there is no opportunity to compare examiner behaviors within the company's own portfolio. The current engagement with the patent office is reflected in these figures. Strategy should be tailored specifically to the known tendencies of the assigned reviewer within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROANE, AARON F | 1 | 73.4% | +9.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18938585 | ABLATION SYSTEM WITH FORCE CONTROL | ROANE, AARON F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18938585 | ABLATION SYSTEM WITH FORCE CONTROL | ROANE, AARON F | 3792 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialAcutus Medical Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Aaron F Roane has the most, with 1 of Acutus Medical Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
