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
Bumpair has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H, and is located in 1 distinct art unit. MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This single pending office action represents the full extent of the company's current pending workload. The presence of 1 pending office action across 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit shows a highly concentrated prosecution profile.
Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the interactions with MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 confirms that no other examiners are currently reviewing work for Bumpair. This concentration simplifies the management of the portfolio, as there are no competing examiner perspectives to reconcile. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific preferences of MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H within the context of the 1 art unit involved. The 1 pending office action serves as the sole focus of the company's current patent efforts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H | 1 | 66.7% | -10.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18850445 | DUAL CHAMBER FOR ABSORPTION OF A PRESSURE INCREASE | MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18850445 | DUAL CHAMBER FOR ABSORPTION OF A PRESSURE INCREASE | MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBumpair has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Robert H Muromoto Jr. has the most, with 1 of Bumpair's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
