Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
BOLDER SURGICAL, LLC has 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed across 3 distinct art units, indicating a focused approach to medical technology. The company is currently engaged with 4 distinct examiners for these active cases.
FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, handling 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This concentration means that 2 of the 5 pending office actions are under the review of a single individual, while the remaining 3 actions are split among 3 other distinct examiners. Practitioners should focus on the specific preferences of this busiest examiner while also managing the requirements of the 3 distinct art units involved.
The presence of 5 pending office actions across 4 distinct examiners suggests a relatively consolidated prosecution environment. Because the 3 distinct art units are all within Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, there may be some overlap in the technical standards applied to the portfolio. Success depends on balancing the unified standards of the art units with the specific requirements of FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE and the other assigned examiners.
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 | 4 (80%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | 2 | 72.6% | +12.0% |
| COLLINS, SEAN W | 1 | 74.7% | +26.2% |
| WEEKS, GLORIA R | 1 | 70.4% | +12.4% |
| DAVID, SHAUN L | 1 | 72.7% | +18.5% |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19086989 | SEALER, DIVIDER AND DISSECTOR DEVICE JAWS | COLLINS, SEAN W | — |
| 19072886 | SURGICAL STAPLER AND RELATED METHODS | WEEKS, GLORIA R | — |
| 19066950 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND RELATED METHODS | DAVID, SHAUN L | — |
| 18791345 | ELECTROSURGICAL SEALER AND DIVIDER | FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | — |
| 18362861 | E-CUT SEALER-DIVIDER | FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 3 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19086989 | SEALER, DIVIDER AND DISSECTOR DEVICE JAWS | COLLINS, SEAN W | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19072886 | SURGICAL STAPLER AND RELATED METHODS | WEEKS, GLORIA R | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19066950 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND RELATED METHODS | DAVID, SHAUN L | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 18791345 | ELECTROSURGICAL SEALER AND DIVIDER | FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18362861 | E-CUT SEALER-DIVIDER | FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBOLDER SURGICAL, LLC has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Daniel Wayne Fowler has the most, with 2 of BOLDER SURGICAL, LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
