Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Bio-Gate AG is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, showing some distribution of the workload. However, the prosecution is focused within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the company's current applications are technically similar or closely related within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is BAHENA, CHRISTIE L., who is currently assigned 1 busiest examiner pending action. This indicates that the 2 pending office actions are split between the 2 distinct examiners. The remaining pending office action is handled by the other examiner, as the data shows a total of 2 distinct examiners involved in the process.
For a practitioner, the concentration in 1 distinct art unit may allow for a more consistent prosecution strategy across the 2 pending office actions. Even though there are 2 distinct examiners, they are both operating within the same 1 distinct art unit. Success will depend on addressing the concerns raised in the 1 busiest examiner pending action under BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. while maintaining a unified technical approach.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HU, ANN M | 1 | 67.8% | +21.5% |
| BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | 1 | 68.3% | +23.0% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18697960 | IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR COATING AN IMPLANT | HU, ANN M | — |
| 18697969 | BIOCORRODIBLE SOLID BODY AND METHOD FOR COATING A SOLID BODY | BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18697960 | IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR COATING AN IMPLANT | HU, ANN M | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18697969 | BIOCORRODIBLE SOLID BODY AND METHOD FOR COATING A SOLID BODY | BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBio-Gate AG has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Ann M Hu has the most, with 1 of Bio-Gate AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
