Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Cosmetic Edge Pty Ltd. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This count of 2 pending office actions represents the active workload for the company as it seeks to protect its mechanical innovations. In the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector, these filings often require detailed functional descriptions to overcome prior art rejections during examination.
The prosecution is distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. Having 2 distinct examiners ensures that the portfolio is not subject to the singular perspective of one individual, providing a broader range of feedback from the patent office. The presence of 2 distinct art units indicates that the underlying technology spans multiple specialized technical classifications within the USPTO.
LEDERER, SARAH B is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. Because 1 pending office action is assigned to this specific examiner, their individual review style and historical allowance rates will directly influence the immediate outcome of the application. Practitioners should analyze the past behavior of LEDERER, SARAH B to navigate the 1 pending office action effectively.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEDERER, SARAH B | 1 | 55.6% | +36.9% |
| HUH, VYNN V | 1 | 61.9% | +44.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18000054 | A PHOTOBIOMODULATION THERAPY LOW-LEVEL LASER TARGETING SYSTEM | HUH, VYNN V | 147d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18000054 | A PHOTOBIOMODULATION THERAPY LOW-LEVEL LASER TARGETING SYSTEM | HUH, VYNN V | 147d overdue |
| 18007968 | ADAPTIVE DERMAL CARE METHODS AND APPARATUS | LEDERER, SARAH B | 8d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18007968 | ADAPTIVE DERMAL CARE METHODS AND APPARATUS | LEDERER, SARAH B | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
| 18000054 | A PHOTOBIOMODULATION THERAPY LOW-LEVEL LASER TARGETING SYSTEM | HUH, VYNN V | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialCosmetic Edge Pty Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Sarah B Lederer has the most, with 1 of Cosmetic Edge Pty Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
