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
Carthera has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This case is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SEAN D MATTSON, in 1 distinct art unit. SEAN D MATTSON is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action.
The portfolio's 1 pending office action is handled by 1 distinct examiner. The 1 distinct art unit reflects the technical focus within Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. Because there is only 1 pending office action, the entire portfolio's current progress depends on this 1 distinct examiner.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific mechanical engineering focus for the pending application. Practitioners working with Carthera only need to account for the specific requirements of SEAN D MATTSON. The alignment of the art unit with the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area indicates a specific technical focus.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATTSON, SEAN D | 1 | 67.4% | +42.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18907240 | METHOD FOR EFFICIENT DRUG ADMINISTRATION ACROSS THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER AND USES THEREOF | MATTSON, SEAN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18907240 | METHOD FOR EFFICIENT DRUG ADMINISTRATION ACROSS THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER AND USES THEREOF | MATTSON, SEAN D | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCarthera has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Sean D Mattson has the most, with 1 of Carthera's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
