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
Ascent Sporting Innovations Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to a distinct examiner within a distinct art unit, indicating a narrow scope of current prosecution activity. The presence of the art unit suggests that the company's current filings are concentrated in a specific technical area.
The busiest examiner is BAYS, MARIE D, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. As this action represents the entire pending portfolio, the company's current success is tied to this specific examiner and the standards of the art unit. With a distinct examiner and the pending office action, the applicant can focus on the specific feedback provided by Bays. This concentration allows for a targeted approach to resolving the pending office action. A successful outcome in this matter will provide a clear path forward for the company's intellectual property goals.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYS, MARIE D | 1 | 74.5% | +19.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18933105 | TEMPERATURE REGULATING INSOLE | BAYS, MARIE D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18933105 | TEMPERATURE REGULATING INSOLE | BAYS, MARIE D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18933105 | TEMPERATURE REGULATING INSOLE | BAYS, MARIE D | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAscent Sporting Innovations Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Marie D Bays has the most, with 1 of Ascent Sporting Innovations Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
