Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Coulter Ventures LLC

Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Coulter Ventures LLC has 5 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The portfolio involves 4 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. The narrow art-unit distribution contrasts with the broader examiner assignment pattern, so technical grouping may be more useful than examiner grouping for portfolio review.

FISK, KATHLEEN M is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The repeated examiner assignment creates a defined opportunity to monitor examiner-specific treatment, while the remaining matters involve other examiner relationships. Counsel can coordinate art-unit issues while preserving separate response strategies for each examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FISK, KATHLEEN M 2 63.6% +45.1%
LETTERMAN, CATRINA A 1 66.9% +30.8%
BODDIE, WILLIAM 1 27.9% +22.1%
NGUYEN, NYCA T 1 67.4% +24.8%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19281204 RESISTANCE DEVICE FOR EXERCISE MACHINE LETTERMAN, CATRINA A —
18776671 Exercise Bike BODDIE, WILLIAM —
17837190 Barbell FISK, KATHLEEN M —
17374473 Weight Plate Carrier Vest NGUYEN, NYCA T —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19281204 RESISTANCE DEVICE FOR EXERCISE MACHINE LETTERMAN, CATRINA A —
18776671 Exercise Bike BODDIE, WILLIAM —
18772992 WEIGHTLIFTING MACHINE FISK, KATHLEEN M —
17837190 Barbell FISK, KATHLEEN M —
17374473 Weight Plate Carrier Vest NGUYEN, NYCA T —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3784 4
2625 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19281204 RESISTANCE DEVICE FOR EXERCISE MACHINE LETTERMAN, CATRINA A 3784 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2025
18776671 Exercise Bike BODDIE, WILLIAM 2625 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Jul 18, 2024
18772992 WEIGHTLIFTING MACHINE FISK, KATHLEEN M 3784 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 15, 2024
17837190 Barbell FISK, KATHLEEN M 3784 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 10, 2022
17374473 Weight Plate Carrier Vest NGUYEN, NYCA T 3784 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 13, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Coulter Ventures LLC have?

Coulter Ventures LLC has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Coulter Ventures LLC applications?

Kathleen M Fisk has the most, with 2 of Coulter Ventures LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Coulter Ventures LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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