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
Datta Hari Deshpande has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, HIBBERT, MARY C. The prosecution is currently limited to 1 distinct art unit. HIBBERT, MARY C is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, managing 1 pending office action.
This 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the active prosecution for the portfolio. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution path is highly focused. Practitioners will interact solely with HIBBERT, MARY C regarding the 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. This singular focus ensures that the prosecution strategy is not divided across multiple examiners or art units. The 1 pending office action is the only active matter currently requiring attention in this specific technology area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIBBERT, MARY C | 1 | 66.7% | +26.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18868740 | A System for Adjusting Positions of Rollers in An Outsert Making Machinery | HIBBERT, MARY C | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18868740 | A System for Adjusting Positions of Rollers in An Outsert Making Machinery | HIBBERT, MARY C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18868740 | A System for Adjusting Positions of Rollers in An Outsert Making Machinery | HIBBERT, MARY C | 3724 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDatta Hari Deshpande has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Mary C Hibbert has the most, with 1 of Datta Hari Deshpande's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
