Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Apex Medical Device Design LLC is managing 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. FIEBIG, RUSSELL G is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there is only 1 pending office action, the entire active workload is concentrated with this one examiner.
The involvement of 1 distinct art unit indicates a specific technical focus for the current filing. Because the company relies on 1 distinct examiner, the prosecution timeline is dependent on the individual pace of FIEBIG, RUSSELL G. The 1 busiest examiner pending action represents the company's total active engagement within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field. This centralized approach suggests a highly targeted intellectual property strategy. Practitioners should ensure that the prosecution of the 1 pending office action aligns closely with the specific preferences of the assigned art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIEBIG, RUSSELL G | 1 | 62.6% | +25.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18577643 | Fermented Uni-sourced Nanoemulsion of Nigella sativa or Cannabis sativa For Use in Medical, Cosmetic, and Recreational Indications with a Method of Its Production and Use | FIEBIG, RUSSELL G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18577643 | Fermented Uni-sourced Nanoemulsion of Nigella sativa or Cannabis sativa For Use in Medical, Cosmetic, and Recreational Indications with a Method of Its Production and Use | FIEBIG, RUSSELL G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18577643 | Fermented Uni-sourced Nanoemulsion of Nigella sativa or Cannabis sativa For Use in Medical, Cosmetic, and Recreational Indications with a Method of Its Production and Use | FIEBIG, RUSSELL G | 1655 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialApex Medical Device Design LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Russell G Fiebig has the most, with 1 of Apex Medical Device Design LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
