Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Berman Medical Inc.

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

Analysis

Berman Medical Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to a distinct art unit, which reflects a focused technical scope for the current filing. AMY JEANETTE SHAFQAT is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding the active matter. The prosecution is centralized under a distinct examiner who is responsible for the current workload.

This single action represents the total pending workload for the company in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. The distinct art unit indicates that the subject matter has not been divided among different examination groups. AMY JEANETTE SHAFQAT is the sole examiner currently reviewing the company's active matters. This concentrated profile means that the company's current prosecution success relies on the interactions within the assigned art unit and the 1 pending office action. There is no current evidence of broader examiner engagement across the technology area.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
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
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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
SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE 1 51.7% +55.6%

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
19415518 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR A NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR FACIAL AESTHETIC PROCEDURES SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE —

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
19415518 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR A NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR FACIAL AESTHETIC PROCEDURES SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3798 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19415518 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR A NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR FACIAL AESTHETIC PROCEDURES SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE 3798 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 10, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Berman Medical Inc. have?

Berman Medical Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Berman Medical Inc. applications?

Amy Jeanette Shafqat has the most, with 1 of Berman Medical Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Berman Medical Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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