Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Avails Medical, Inc.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Avails Medical, Inc. is managing 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit, indicating a highly specific point of engagement with the patent office. The use of a single art unit suggests the subject matter is specialized within a chemical or materials niche. This singular focus means that prosecution outcomes are currently tied to a specific technical area, allowing for a highly targeted legal approach. Practitioners can prioritize resources to address the specific technical niche identified by this art unit assignment.

RAMIREZ, ALEX is the busiest examiner, responsible for the 1 pending office action. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution process is centralized and straightforward to monitor. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific examination style and precedents associated with this single examiner to move the 1 pending action forward. Analyzing the examiner's history within this assigned unit can provide valuable insights into the likely progression of the case and help in crafting a more effective response. This centralized approach ensures that all legal efforts are concentrated on the specific criteria established by the current examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RAMIREZ, ALEX 1 81.0% +21.0%

Hard Cases (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.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18333423 APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PREPARING AN OUTPUT SAMPLE WITH AERATION RAMIREZ, ALEX —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18333423 APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PREPARING AN OUTPUT SAMPLE WITH AERATION RAMIREZ, ALEX —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1798 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18333423 APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PREPARING AN OUTPUT SAMPLE WITH AERATION RAMIREZ, ALEX 1798 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2023

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