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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Evolution Malta Limited currently manages 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN, who is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending action. The matter is being reviewed in 1 distinct art unit. With only 1 pending office action, the company's current patent prosecution is highly localized.
The success of this medical device or mechanical filing depends entirely on the evaluation by GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN. Practitioners should prioritize researching the 1 art unit and the 1 examiner involved to ensure a favorable outcome. The lack of additional pending actions suggests a very specific and limited current engagement with the USPTO. This concentration of resources into a single pending action suggests a highly specific strategic focus within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Because the entire pending portfolio is contained within 1 distinct art unit, the company is subject to the specific examination standards of that group. The role of GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN is critical, as this individual handles the company's only pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN | 1 | 76.9% | +18.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19052904 | Methods and Systems for Operating Physical Random Number Generators | GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19052904 | Methods and Systems for Operating Physical Random Number Generators | GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN | 3715 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialEvolution Malta Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Lawrence Stefan Galka has the most, with 1 of Evolution Malta Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
