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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Alpep LLC currently manages a focused patent portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company has 1 pending office action, which is being handled by 1 distinct examiner. This examiner, DOYLE, BENJAMIN C, is also identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending action currently under review.
The prosecution of this portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a specific technical focus for the company's intellectual property efforts. With only 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner involved, the administrative requirements for managing this portfolio are streamlined. Practitioners can focus their efforts on a single point of contact at the patent office.
The fact that DOYLE, BENJAMIN C is the only examiner involved means that the outcome of the company's current prosecution depends on this individual's assessment. Because there is 1 distinct art unit, the technical arguments are likely to remain consistent within this specific field of mechanical engineering. This concentration of matters with a single examiner in a single art unit suggests a very narrow and specialized prosecution phase. The absence of multiple pending actions allows for a dedicated focus on the requirements of this specific examiner.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOYLE, BENJAMIN C | 1 | 68.3% | +40.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19329361 | Ultra Quiet Suction System with Improved Lifespan | DOYLE, BENJAMIN 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19329361 | Ultra Quiet Suction System with Improved Lifespan | DOYLE, BENJAMIN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19329361 | Ultra Quiet Suction System with Improved Lifespan | DOYLE, BENJAMIN C | 3746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialAlpep LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Benjamin C Doyle has the most, with 1 of Alpep LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
