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
BIOTECH DENTAL currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to STEWART, ALVIN J, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action. The prosecution is concentrated in 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This suggests a focused technical scope for the company's current activity in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
Because the portfolio contains only 1 distinct art unit, practitioners should tailor their arguments to the specific standards of that unit. STEWART, ALVIN J is the sole distinct examiner, meaning his individual tendencies will impact the outcome of the 1 pending office action. The company's reliance on 1 distinct examiner across 1 distinct art unit indicates a centralized prosecution strategy. Successfully navigating the 1 pending office action is critical, as it represents the entirety of the company's active workload in this technology area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEWART, ALVIN J | 1 | 82.2% | +0.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18516353 | NEW GUIDED BONE REGENERATION DEVICE | STEWART, ALVIN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18516353 | NEW GUIDED BONE REGENERATION DEVICE | STEWART, ALVIN J | 3799 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBIOTECH DENTAL has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Alvin J Stewart has the most, with 1 of BIOTECH DENTAL's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
