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
Advance Research Systems LLC maintains 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, COMSTOCK, DAVID C, who serves as the busiest examiner for the company. The prosecution is limited to 1 distinct art unit, which defines the current technical focus of the portfolio.
With 1 busiest examiner pending action, the portfolio currently reflects a singular point of contact within the patent office. This 1 distinct examiner manages the only pending matter, meaning the prosecution strategy is centralized. Such a structure allows for a direct relationship with COMSTOCK, DAVID C but also ties the portfolio's current progress to the interpretation of 1 individual within the 1 distinct art unit.
The presence of 1 pending office action suggests that the company is not currently managing a high volume of diverse technical claims. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the 1 distinct examiner, as COMSTOCK, DAVID C handles the entirety of the company's pending workload. This 1 to 1 ratio between actions and examiners simplifies the management of the portfolio but limits the variety of examiner feedback available in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMSTOCK, DAVID C | 1 | 86.6% | -8.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19068722 | EXTENSION READY SPINAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS | COMSTOCK, DAVID C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19068722 | EXTENSION READY SPINAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS | COMSTOCK, DAVID C | 3773 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialAdvance Research Systems LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
David C Comstock has the most, with 1 of Advance Research Systems LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
