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
Drw Medical LLC manages a company patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. There are 2 pending office actions currently active for this entity. These actions represent the current legal hurdles the company faces in the medical and mechanical sectors. The presence of 2 pending office actions indicates a focused but active prosecution pipeline.
The 2 pending office actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that the company's technology is being reviewed by 2 different specialized divisions within the patent office. Because there are 2 distinct examiners involved, the company must manage 2 separate lines of communication. The use of 2 distinct art units further indicates that the pending applications cover different technical classifications within the broader medical field.
LOUIS, LATOYA M is identified as the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. Since the total number of pending actions is 2 and there are 2 distinct examiners, each examiner is handling 1 action. This balanced workload between the 2 distinct examiners means the company must satisfy 2 different officials. The practitioner must address the individual requirements of each examiner while navigating the technical standards of the 2 distinct art units.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOUIS, LATOYA M | 1 | 52.3% | +40.3% |
| KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 1 | 62.9% | +27.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18170833 | CLOSED SUCTION AND OPEN SUCTION CATHETERS WITH MANUAL OPEN/CLOSE STOPCOCK TYPE VALVE | LOUIS, LATOYA M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18170833 | CLOSED SUCTION AND OPEN SUCTION CATHETERS WITH MANUAL OPEN/CLOSE STOPCOCK TYPE VALVE | LOUIS, LATOYA M | — |
| 17826610 | PORTABLE MICROPROCESSOR-CONTROLLED PERISTALTIC SUCTION APPARATUS | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18170833 | CLOSED SUCTION AND OPEN SUCTION CATHETERS WITH MANUAL OPEN/CLOSE STOPCOCK TYPE VALVE | LOUIS, LATOYA M | 3785 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2023 |
| 17826610 | PORTABLE MICROPROCESSOR-CONTROLLED PERISTALTIC SUCTION APPARATUS | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialDrw Medical LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Latoya M Louis has the most, with 1 of Drw Medical LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
