Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Afx Medical Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This single action is being processed within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated technical scope for the company's intellectual property. The prosecution is currently handled by a distinct examiner, ensuring a direct and singular point of contact for the pending matter. This arrangement suggests a straightforward prosecution path within the Communications sector.
VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH is the busiest examiner for this entity, responsible for the pending case currently on record. With the examiner and art unit involved, the prosecution strategy is highly centralized. The Communications designation indicates that the intellectual property likely pertains to data transmission or wireless protocols. The alignment of the examiner with the case simplifies the tracking of procedural deadlines and preferences. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination style of VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH within the art unit. This centralized approach allows for a consistent legal strategy, which is vital for maintaining a strong patent position. The 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the current prosecution workload for this portfolio.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | 1 | 76.5% | +26.8% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18860082 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING STRUCTURES IN 3D IMAGES | VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18860082 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING STRUCTURES IN 3D IMAGES | VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | 2675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAfx Medical Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Alexander Joseph Vaughn has the most, with 1 of Afx Medical Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
