Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Exocad GmbH has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This indicates that while each of the 3 pending office actions has a unique examiner, there is some overlap at the art unit level. The use of 3 distinct examiners ensures that each case is receiving an independent technical review.
MORAN, EDWARD JOHN is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action. Because these actions are spread across only 2 distinct art units, practitioners might encounter similar examination policies or technological classifications within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. This structure requires a balance between addressing individual examiner preferences and understanding the broader standards of the departments involved. The concentration in 2 distinct art units suggests that the technologies are closely related despite the different examiners assigned.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 1 | 42.0% | +61.2% |
| WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 1 | 13.3% | +66.7% |
| SHERALI, ISHRAT I | 1 | 93.2% | +6.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18754471 | TRY-IN DENTURE BASE | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 34d |
| 18196745 | CORRECTING RELATIVE TOOTH POSITIONS OF ANTAGONISTIC TEETH | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 34d |
| 18101831 | DETERMINING PARAMETERS OF ORTHO-RESTORATIVE MEASURES | SHERALI, ISHRAT I | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18754471 | TRY-IN DENTURE BASE | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 34d |
| 18196745 | CORRECTING RELATIVE TOOTH POSITIONS OF ANTAGONISTIC TEETH | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 34d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 2 |
| 1687 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18754471 | TRY-IN DENTURE BASE | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 3772 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18196745 | CORRECTING RELATIVE TOOTH POSITIONS OF ANTAGONISTIC TEETH | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 3772 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | May 12, 2023 |
| 18101831 | DETERMINING PARAMETERS OF ORTHO-RESTORATIVE MEASURES | SHERALI, ISHRAT I | 1687 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialExocad GmbH has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Edward John Moran has the most, with 1 of Exocad GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
