Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Efferent Labs Inc. manages a company patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio currently has 2 pending office actions. These actions are handled by 1 distinct examiner, indicating that a single individual is managing all of the company's current applications. This concentration of review provides a singular point of contact for the company's legal representatives, which can lead to a more uniform prosecution experience across the portfolio.
The prosecution is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, further narrowing the administrative scope of the company's patent filings. Eric J Messersmith is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This accounts for the entirety of the total 2 pending actions. This structure indicates a highly centralized prosecution landscape where one official has complete oversight of the company's current medical and mechanical patent matters. Practitioners working on this portfolio must focus their efforts on addressing the specific concerns and procedural expectations of this single examiner.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MESSERSMITH, ERIC J | 2 | 69.4% | +25.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18734231 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE | MESSERSMITH, ERIC J | — |
| 18734167 | WEARABLE DEVICES FOR MONITORING PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES AND METHODS OF USE | MESSERSMITH, ERIC J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18734231 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE | MESSERSMITH, ERIC J | — |
| 18734167 | WEARABLE DEVICES FOR MONITORING PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES AND METHODS OF USE | MESSERSMITH, ERIC J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18734231 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE | MESSERSMITH, ERIC J | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18734167 | WEARABLE DEVICES FOR MONITORING PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES AND METHODS OF USE | MESSERSMITH, ERIC J | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEfferent Labs Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Eric J Messersmith has the most, with 2 of Efferent Labs Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
