Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 1 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gaumard Scientific Company, Inc. has 8 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are assigned to 8 distinct examiners but only 1 art unit, showing that examiner distribution occurs within a single technical examination group.
YIP, JACK is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The common art-unit setting may support comparison of procedural treatment and recurring technical issues, although each examiner relationship remains separate. Counsel should maintain a unified view of claim terminology and supporting disclosure while preparing examiner-specific responses.
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 | 3 (43%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTAMA, ROBERT J | 1 | 60.2% | +29.6% |
| SAINT-VIL, EDDY | 1 | 43.3% | +29.2% |
| MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A | 1 | 58.3% | +26.0% |
| ZAMAN, SADARUZ | 1 | 46.0% | +33.5% |
| HULL, JAMES B | 1 | 45.4% | +52.4% |
| FRENCH, CORRELL T | 1 | 45.3% | +33.9% |
| ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO | 1 | 44.0% | +36.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19030688 | LOWER TORSO OVERLAYS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | ZAMAN, SADARUZ | — |
| 18933480 | SHOULDER JOINT AND BREAST WITH AXILLA REGION FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | FRENCH, CORRELL T | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19029014 | HEAD AND NECK SYSTEM FOR A PATIENT SIMULATOR | UTAMA, ROBERT J | — |
| 19030618 | VOCAL CORD TRAUMA FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | SAINT-VIL, EDDY | — |
| 19029131 | INSERT CONNECTION SYSTEMS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A | — |
| 19030688 | LOWER TORSO OVERLAYS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | ZAMAN, SADARUZ | — |
| 18933416 | NECK, HIP, CENTRAL VENOUS LINE, GASTRONOMY SITE, AND POWER PLATE COMPONENTS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | HULL, JAMES B | — |
| 18933480 | SHOULDER JOINT AND BREAST WITH AXILLA REGION FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | FRENCH, CORRELL T | — |
| 18416689 | PATIENT SIMULATOR WITH INTERCHANGEABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR EKG, DEFIBRILLATION, AND OTHER MEDICAL TRAINING PROCEDURES | ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 7 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19029014 | HEAD AND NECK SYSTEM FOR A PATIENT SIMULATOR | UTAMA, ROBERT J | 3715 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19030618 | VOCAL CORD TRAUMA FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | SAINT-VIL, EDDY | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19029131 | INSERT CONNECTION SYSTEMS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19030688 | LOWER TORSO OVERLAYS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | ZAMAN, SADARUZ | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18933416 | NECK, HIP, CENTRAL VENOUS LINE, GASTRONOMY SITE, AND POWER PLATE COMPONENTS FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | HULL, JAMES B | 3715 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18933480 | SHOULDER JOINT AND BREAST WITH AXILLA REGION FOR PATIENT SIMULATORS | FRENCH, CORRELL T | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18416689 | PATIENT SIMULATOR WITH INTERCHANGEABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR EKG, DEFIBRILLATION, AND OTHER MEDICAL TRAINING PROCEDURES | ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialGaumard Scientific Company, Inc. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 7 examiners.
Robert J Utama has the most, with 1 of Gaumard Scientific Company, Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
