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
Atlas Engion S L U has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is handled by examiner WILLIAMS, PATRICK C in 1 distinct art unit. Because there is only a distinct examiner, the immediate prosecution outcome for the portfolio depends entirely on the interactions within this single art unit. WILLIAMS, PATRICK C is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, representing the full scope of the company's current USPTO activity.
Practitioners should note that with only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's prosecution strategy is highly concentrated. There is no opportunity to leverage different examiner styles or art unit trends within the current pipeline. The success of the company's intellectual property efforts in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector is currently tied to the resolution of this 1 pending office action. This lack of diversification means that any delays in this specific case will impact the entire active portfolio. The relationship with WILLIAMS, PATRICK C is the primary factor in determining the company's immediate patenting success.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, PATRICK C | 1 | 80.7% | +25.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18851461 | HYDRAULIC DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY EQUIPPED WITH THE DEVICE | WILLIAMS, PATRICK C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18851461 | HYDRAULIC DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY EQUIPPED WITH THE DEVICE | WILLIAMS, PATRICK C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18851461 | HYDRAULIC DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY EQUIPPED WITH THE DEVICE | WILLIAMS, PATRICK C | 3754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAtlas Engion S L U has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Patrick C Williams has the most, with 1 of Atlas Engion S L U's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
