Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Forum US Inc. is currently managing 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows a moderate level of concentration within the company's pending portfolio. GARDNER, NICOLE is the busiest examiner, responsible for 2 pending office actions. This means one examiner is handling a portion of the 4 pending office actions.
The remaining actions are split between the other 2 distinct examiners. With 2 distinct art units involved, the 4 pending office actions are focused on a relatively narrow set of technical classifications. This structure allows the company to manage its 4 pending office actions through a limited number of examiner relationships. The involvement of 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units provides a balance between technical focus and examiner diversity for the current portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER, NICOLE | 2 | 69.4% | +14.6% |
| FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | 1 | 65.0% | +32.6% |
| WADDY, JONATHAN J | 1 | 71.8% | +36.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18810019 | PUMP SYSTEM | FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | 76d |
| 19296598 | CRANE SYSTEMS AND PUMP MANIFOLD SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS, FOR PUMPING OPERATIONS | GARDNER, NICOLE | — |
| 18416746 | SAFETY DEVICES, LOCKING ASSEMBLIES, FLUID ENDS, AND RELATED METHODS FOR PUMPING OPERATIONS | WADDY, JONATHAN J | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18751090 | CHECK VALVE | GARDNER, NICOLE | 5d |
| 18810019 | PUMP SYSTEM | FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | 76d |
| 19296598 | CRANE SYSTEMS AND PUMP MANIFOLD SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS, FOR PUMPING OPERATIONS | GARDNER, NICOLE | — |
| 18416746 | SAFETY DEVICES, LOCKING ASSEMBLIES, FLUID ENDS, AND RELATED METHODS FOR PUMPING OPERATIONS | WADDY, JONATHAN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 3 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19296598 | CRANE SYSTEMS AND PUMP MANIFOLD SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS, FOR PUMPING OPERATIONS | GARDNER, NICOLE | 3753 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 18810019 | PUMP SYSTEM | FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | 3746 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18751090 | CHECK VALVE | GARDNER, NICOLE | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18416746 | SAFETY DEVICES, LOCKING ASSEMBLIES, FLUID ENDS, AND RELATED METHODS FOR PUMPING OPERATIONS | WADDY, JONATHAN J | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialForum US Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Nicole Gardner has the most, with 2 of Forum US Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
