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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Eightbees Corporation currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, indicating a concentrated prosecution effort. This focus allows the applicant to dedicate their legal resources to addressing the specific technical objections of 1 individual reviewer without the complexity of multiple pending cases.
The prosecution is situated within 1 distinct art unit, ensuring that the matter is governed by the technical standards of that specific group. The busiest examiner, LABRANCHE, BROOKE N, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the entire pending portfolio is limited to 1 examiner in 1 art unit, the applicant can manage their USPTO interactions through a single point of contact, emphasizing the importance of this specific relationship.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | 1 | 72.1% | +17.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19120473 | MOUTHPIECE | LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19120473 | MOUTHPIECE | LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialEightbees Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Brooke N Labranche has the most, with 1 of Eightbees Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
