Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Arga' Medtech SA is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This count of 2 pending office actions represents the current administrative workload for the company as it seeks to protect its medical technology. In the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector, these filings are essential for maintaining a competitive advantage and securing market exclusivity for mechanical inventions.
The portfolio involves 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit. Having 2 distinct examiners means the company must adapt to different styles of review even though the applications are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. The 2 distinct examiners are more than the 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that multiple officials are reviewing similar technical subject matter within the same division.
OUYANG, BO is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action. Because 1 pending office action is assigned to this examiner, their specific review patterns will have a direct impact on the case. Practitioners should tailor their approach for the 1 pending office action under OUYANG, BO to optimize the chances of a favorable outcome within the 1 distinct art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUYANG, BO | 1 | 60.7% | +8.8% |
| DELLA, JAYMI E | 1 | 68.8% | +30.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17686027 | Ablation Equipment to Treat Target Regions of Tissue in Organs | DELLA, JAYMI E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17686027 | Ablation Equipment to Treat Target Regions of Tissue in Organs | DELLA, JAYMI E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18001041 | ABLATION EQUIPMENT TO TREAT TARGET REGIONS OF TISSUE IN ORGANS | OUYANG, BO | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Dec 07, 2022 |
| 17686027 | Ablation Equipment to Treat Target Regions of Tissue in Organs | DELLA, JAYMI E | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialArga' Medtech SA has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Bo Ouyang has the most, with 1 of Arga' Medtech SA's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
