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
D T R Dermal Therapy Research Inc. currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is being processed by a distinct art unit, indicating a focused prosecution footprint at this time. With a distinct examiner involved, the company's immediate patent goals are subject to the review of this individual.
SHAH, JAY B is the busiest examiner for the company, holding the 1 pending office action. As the examiner assigned to the portfolio, the interpretation of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field by SHAH, JAY B will be the primary factor in the outcome of this case. There are no other examiners or art units to provide a point of comparison for the company's prosecution experience. Practitioners should focus on addressing the specific concerns raised by this examiner, as there is no broader portfolio to balance against the results of the pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAH, JAY B | 1 | 58.4% | +6.0% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18854465 | Implantable Sensor with Optimal Electrode Distance | SHAH, JAY B | 3791 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialD T R Dermal Therapy Research Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jay B Shah has the most, with 1 of D T R Dermal Therapy Research Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
