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
Esmail Medical Limited has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a highly centralized prosecution process where all current activity is confined to a single examiner and a single technical group within the patent office. The company's current experience in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field is tied directly to the review and standards of this 1 examiner.
The busiest examiner for this company is SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This individual handles the entirety of the company's current pending workload. Since there is only 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution scope is very narrow. This concentration allows for a focus on the specific standards and interpretations of a single examiner during the current phase of portfolio development. Such a focused environment may lead to more predictable outcomes if the examiner's tendencies are well understood. The presence of 1 distinct examiner across 1 distinct art unit ensures that the 1 pending office action is subject to a singular technical perspective.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 1 | 46.9% | +38.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18854941 | ORTHODONTIC DEVICE FOR A DENTAL BRACE | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18854941 | ORTHODONTIC DEVICE FOR A DENTAL BRACE | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18854941 | ORTHODONTIC DEVICE FOR A DENTAL BRACE | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 3772 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEsmail Medical Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Matthew P Saunders has the most, with 1 of Esmail Medical Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
