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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Coflex S A De C V has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. BAKER, LORI LYNN is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action. This profile reflects a narrow prosecution footprint with all activity concentrated under 1 examiner. Such a centralized structure means that the outcome of the current portfolio depends on the interaction with this specific individual.
The alignment of 1 pending office action with 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit simplifies the management of the portfolio. Practitioners do not need to account for varying examiner behaviors or different art unit standards. Instead, they can focus their strategy on the specific preferences and history of BAKER, LORI LYNN. This lack of dispersion across the patent office ensures a consistent prosecution path for the company's medical device filings. The focus on 1 distinct art unit also suggests a specific technical classification for the pending matter. This streamlined environment allows for a direct approach to addressing the examiner's concerns.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, LORI LYNN | 1 | 78.6% | +6.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18990511 | Toilet Flange Nut | BAKER, LORI LYNN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18990511 | Toilet Flange Nut | BAKER, LORI LYNN | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCoflex S A De C V has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Lori Lynn Baker has the most, with 1 of Coflex S A De C V's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
