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
G8Rtech Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The prosecution landscape is concentrated, with 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved. This suggests that the company's active patent matters are being handled by a single administrative unit at the patent office. In the medical device field, having a single examiner and art unit can be advantageous for maintaining a consistent narrative regarding the device's mechanical features and clinical utility during the prosecution process.
ROBERT H MUROMOTO JR is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This single action accounts for the total of 1 pending office action for the company. The use of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit indicates a focused prosecution strategy for the current medical device filings. For the practitioner, this means that all efforts can be directed toward satisfying the requirements of this one examiner. This singular focus can help in developing a more effective response to the office action, as there is no need to reconcile different examiner viewpoints or navigate multiple technical departments within the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H | 1 | 66.7% | -10.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18431519 | SYSTEM, METHOD, ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING AN INDIVIDUAL FROM SUSTAINING A CONCUSSION AND FOR MEASURING AND EVALUATING CONCUSSION RISK ARISING FROM A COLLISION | MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18431519 | SYSTEM, METHOD, ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING AN INDIVIDUAL FROM SUSTAINING A CONCUSSION AND FOR MEASURING AND EVALUATING CONCUSSION RISK ARISING FROM A COLLISION | MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H | 3732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialG8Rtech Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Robert H Muromoto Jr. has the most, with 1 of G8Rtech Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
