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
Ardent Limited maintains a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently faces 1 pending office action, which is being processed by 1 distinct examiner. This level of activity indicates a focused approach to its current intellectual property filings, with all pending matters concentrated under a 1 examiner's review. Such a structure allows for a specific and tailored prosecution strategy that addresses the unique concerns of the assigned examiner.
The prosecution is situated within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a narrow technical scope for the active application. Jason J Boeckmann is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. As this represents the 1 active office action for Ardent Limited, the company's immediate efforts are dedicated to navigating the examination process with this specific official. Understanding the examiner's specific tendencies and the art unit's typical rejection types will be essential for successfully moving this application toward allowance.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOECKMANN, JASON J | 1 | 49.0% | +28.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18249662 | PRESSURISED CONTAINER | BOECKMANN, JASON J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18249662 | PRESSURISED CONTAINER | BOECKMANN, JASON J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18249662 | PRESSURISED CONTAINER | BOECKMANN, JASON J | 3752 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialArdent Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jason J Boeckmann has the most, with 1 of Ardent Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
