Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Convatec Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 pending actions are located in 2 distinct art units and are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. RASSAVONG, ERIC is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. The data shows a decentralized workload across the 2 distinct examiners and art units involved in the prosecution.
The involvement of 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units suggests a varied prosecution environment within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. For practitioners, this means that the 2 pending office actions are subject to different examination styles and departmental guidelines. RASSAVONG, ERIC manages a portion of the portfolio, but the overall strategy must account for the independent review processes of both examiners. This structure requires a flexible approach to address the specific requirements of each distinct art unit involved in the 2 pending office actions.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RASSAVONG, ERIC | 1 | 70.7% | +35.4% |
| ALAM, AYAAN A | 1 | 38.8% | +36.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17311468 | MODIFIED PORCINE SCAFFOLDS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION | ALAM, AYAAN A | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19006787 | COUPLING SYSTEM FOR OSTOMY APPLIANCES | RASSAVONG, ERIC | — |
| 17311468 | MODIFIED PORCINE SCAFFOLDS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION | ALAM, AYAAN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 1 |
| 1611 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19006787 | COUPLING SYSTEM FOR OSTOMY APPLIANCES | RASSAVONG, ERIC | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 17311468 | MODIFIED PORCINE SCAFFOLDS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION | ALAM, AYAAN A | 1611 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialConvatec Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Eric Rassavong has the most, with 1 of Convatec Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
