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
E3D A C A L Ltd. operates a patent portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. There is currently 1 pending office action in the portfolio. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. ALLEN, ROBERT F is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending action.
With only 1 pending office action, the prosecution workload is highly concentrated. Practitioners should tailor their approach to the specific tendencies of ALLEN, ROBERT F, as this examiner oversees the entire pending pipeline. The focus within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the subject matter is specialized within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. Resolving the 1 busiest examiner pending action will require a clear understanding of the examiner's previous actions and the technical standards of the assigned art unit. The alignment of the 1 pending office action with a single examiner in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector indicates a streamlined path for this specific application.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, ROBERT F | 1 | 72.9% | +62.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18243877 | REUSABLE AUTOMATIC INJECTION DEVICE | ALLEN, ROBERT F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18243877 | REUSABLE AUTOMATIC INJECTION DEVICE | ALLEN, ROBERT F | 3783 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialE3D A C A L Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Robert F Allen has the most, with 1 of E3D A C A L Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
