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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aroa Biosurgery Limited is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 2 pending office actions. These 2 pending office actions are both assigned to 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that the company's current patent applications are focused on a specific technical domain within the medical device sector. Practitioners can benefit from this concentration by focusing their research on the examination trends and precedents of this 1 distinct art unit. This unified technical focus simplifies the procedural landscape for the portfolio.
The prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners, meaning that each of the 2 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different official. STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently responsible for 1 pending office action. Although the matters are in the same art unit, the involvement of 2 distinct examiners requires the practitioner to adapt their communication style to two different individuals. Success in the 2 pending office actions will require a balanced approach that respects the unified standards of the 1 distinct art unit while addressing the specific technical perspectives of STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F and the other assigned examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAN, SETH | 1 | 59.6% | +27.1% |
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.
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.
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 1 |
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Start Free TrialAroa Biosurgery Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Seth Han has the most, with 1 of Aroa Biosurgery Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.