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
Examind AI Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single active matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which centralizes the prosecution effort for the company. The portfolio's activity is further localized within 1 distinct art unit, ensuring a consistent administrative and technical framework for the pending filing.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is MCCLELLAN, JAMES S, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. As MCCLELLAN, JAMES S handles the only active case for the entity, the prosecution strategy can be tailored specifically to this individual's preferences and examination history. This relationship facilitates a direct and focused dialogue between the legal team and the patent office.
For a practitioner, the presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector means that the 1 pending office action can be prosecuted without the need to adapt to multiple examiner styles. The focus remains entirely on the technical merits and procedural requirements of this single case. This streamlined structure allows for an efficient approach to resolving the concerns of the assigned 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCLELLAN, JAMES S | 1 | 79.0% | +13.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18366166 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING EXAMS | MCCLELLAN, JAMES S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18366166 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING EXAMS | MCCLELLAN, JAMES S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18366166 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING EXAMS | MCCLELLAN, JAMES S | 3715 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialExamind AI Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
James S Mcclellan has the most, with 1 of Examind AI Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
