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
Ascension Texas has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, HENDERSON, RYAN N, in a single art unit. The prosecution activity is currently limited to this 1 pending office action, which serves as the sole focus for the company's patent efforts in this field.
Practitioners should focus on the specific guidelines of the 1 distinct art unit where this action is pending. Because HENDERSON, RYAN N is the only examiner involved, his review will determine the immediate success of the portfolio. There are no other examiners or units to navigate, allowing for a very targeted prosecution strategy. The resolution of the single active case is the only requirement for the company within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area at this time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENDERSON, RYAN N | 1 | 63.9% | +18.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19042229 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLEANING OF ELONGATED INSTRUMENT SURFACE | HENDERSON, RYAN N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19042229 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLEANING OF ELONGATED INSTRUMENT SURFACE | HENDERSON, RYAN N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19042229 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLEANING OF ELONGATED INSTRUMENT SURFACE | HENDERSON, RYAN N | 3795 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialAscension Texas has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ryan N Henderson has the most, with 1 of Ascension Texas's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
