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
Epicentrx Inc. currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SMITH, PETER DANIEL, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The data indicates that 1 distinct art unit is involved, suggesting that the company's current applications are concentrated within a specific technical sub-field of Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering.
The 1 busiest examiner pending action handled by SMITH, PETER DANIEL represents the total of 1 pending office action currently active for the company. This indicates a centralized prosecution strategy where all current efforts are focused on a single case. The 1 distinct art unit involved further reinforces the narrow technical scope of the company's current activities at the USPTO.
Practitioners should prioritize the specific feedback from SMITH, PETER DANIEL, as this 1 distinct examiner is the sole reviewer for the company's pending matters. With only 1 pending office action and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution process is straightforward and lacks the complexity of multi-examiner portfolios. The resolution of the 1 busiest examiner pending action is the key to the portfolio's immediate progress.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 1 | 51.3% | +48.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18624625 | MEDICATION INFUSION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18624625 | MEDICATION INFUSION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18624625 | MEDICATION INFUSION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 3781 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEpicentrx Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Peter Daniel Smith has the most, with 1 of Epicentrx Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
