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
Breathefit LLC has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Prosecution is currently handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. This narrow scope reflects a specific medical device application currently under review, which is typical for focused innovations in the healthcare sector. The focus on 1 art unit suggests that the company's active patent matter is technically specialized and falls under a single classification. This centralized prosecution path allows for a dedicated focus on a single set of examination criteria.
VALVIS, ALEXANDER M is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This single case represents the entire active portfolio for the company. Success for the current filing depends entirely on the interactions within this specific 1 art unit and with this individual examiner. The practitioner's strategy must be focused on addressing the specific concerns raised in this 1 pending action. The outcome of this review will be the sole determinant of the company's immediate patent status for this medical device application. Understanding the examiner's technical background is essential for advancing this Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering case.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALVIS, ALEXANDER M | 1 | 62.7% | +54.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17540464 | WEIGHT LOSS DETECTION AND MONITORING SYSTEM | VALVIS, ALEXANDER M | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17540464 | WEIGHT LOSS DETECTION AND MONITORING SYSTEM | VALVIS, ALEXANDER M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17540464 | WEIGHT LOSS DETECTION AND MONITORING SYSTEM | VALVIS, ALEXANDER M | 3791 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialBreathefit LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Alexander M Valvis has the most, with 1 of Breathefit LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
