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
Edward J Mikol has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This case is assigned to Tara Rose E Carter, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action. The prosecution is currently limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, representing a focused patenting effort for this specific medical or mechanical innovation.
With 1 pending office action, the success of the portfolio's current expansion relies entirely on the interaction with Tara Rose E Carter. The technical scope is confined to 1 art unit, indicating that the innovation is being evaluated within a specific regulatory framework and technical classification. This focus simplifies the monitoring of prosecution milestones, as there are no competing actions or different examiner requirements to manage within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
Practitioners should focus on the specific examination history and preferences of Tara Rose E Carter to move this pending action toward a resolution. Because the portfolio involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the applicant can dedicate resources to addressing the specific technical issues raised in this case. However, this concentration also means that the company's immediate patenting goals are sensitive to the outcome of this single examination process.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 1 | 80.7% | +9.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19065730 | CANNULA WITH IMPELLER PUMP, PERISTALTIC PUMP AND OTHER PUMPS | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19065730 | CANNULA WITH IMPELLER PUMP, PERISTALTIC PUMP AND OTHER PUMPS | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3773 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialEdward J Mikol has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Tara Rose E Carter has the most, with 1 of Edward J Mikol's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
