Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' Di Bologna currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, meaning each case is receiving an independent review. The portfolio is active in 2 distinct art units, which suggests that the university's research in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering is being evaluated under different technical standards. This distribution across 2 art units may require the legal team to tailor their arguments to the specific requirements of each unit.
ROBERT, EDUARDO C is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 of the pending office actions. Since there are 2 pending office actions in total, this examiner is responsible for a portion of the university's current workload in this sector. The involvement of 2 distinct examiners across 2 art units for only 2 pending actions shows a fragmented prosecution landscape for a small portfolio. Practitioners should prepare for different examiner styles from both ROBERT, EDUARDO C and the other assigned official. Successfully resolving these 2 pending office actions will depend on navigating the specific technical nuances of the different art units involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT, EDUARDO C | 1 | 25.3% | +13.7% |
| KIM, SUN U | 1 | 78.2% | +11.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18728178 | PROSTHETIC IMPLANT OF THE ESR TYPE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE PROSTHETIC IMPLANT | ROBERT, EDUARDO C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18728178 | PROSTHETIC IMPLANT OF THE ESR TYPE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE PROSTHETIC IMPLANT | ROBERT, EDUARDO C | — |
| 18690535 | Device for the Placement of Organic Tissue and Relative Apparatus | KIM, SUN U | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18728178 | PROSTHETIC IMPLANT OF THE ESR TYPE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE PROSTHETIC IMPLANT | ROBERT, EDUARDO C | 3773 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18690535 | Device for the Placement of Organic Tissue and Relative Apparatus | KIM, SUN U | 3771 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAlma Mater Studiorum - Universita' Di Bologna has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Eduardo C Robert has the most, with 1 of Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' Di Bologna's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
