Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Alps South, LLC has 5 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 4 examiners across 3 art units, indicating that some examination resources handle multiple matters or that the docket is concentrated within selected units.
BATES, DAVID W is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That examiner represents the clearest point for coordinated prosecution review, while the remaining matters require separate examiner-specific preparation.
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 (20%) |
| §112 only | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATES, DAVID W | 2 | 76.4% | +16.7% |
| MELCHER, ELIZABETH ANNE | 1 | — | — |
| NGUYEN, VI X | 1 | 85.9% | +13.4% |
| FLORES, ADRIAN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18542839 | Fabric Reinforced Prosthetic Suspension Sleeve | FLORES, ADRIAN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18930718 | Fabric Reinforced Liner with Fabric Covering | MELCHER, ELIZABETH ANNE | — |
| 18805124 | Prosthetic Ankle Joint | NGUYEN, VI X | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18896319 | Prosthetic Ankle Joint | BATES, DAVID W | — |
| 18805124 | Prosthetic Ankle Joint | NGUYEN, VI X | — |
| 18802802 | Prosthetic Ankle Joint | BATES, DAVID W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3799 | 2 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18930718 | Fabric Reinforced Liner with Fabric Covering | MELCHER, ELIZABETH ANNE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18896319 | Prosthetic Ankle Joint | BATES, DAVID W | 3799 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18805124 | Prosthetic Ankle Joint | NGUYEN, VI X | 3771 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18802802 | Prosthetic Ankle Joint | BATES, DAVID W | 3799 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18542839 | Fabric Reinforced Prosthetic Suspension Sleeve | FLORES, ADRIAN | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialAlps South, LLC has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
David W Bates has the most, with 2 of Alps South, LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
