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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gentherm Medical LLC is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is under the review of 1 distinct examiner, LEE JR, WOODY A, who is also the busiest examiner for the company. The entire pending workload is situated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a very focused prosecution environment. With only 1 pending office action, the busiest examiner pending count is also 1, held by LEE JR, WOODY A.
This concentration means that the company's current patent office activity is limited to a single examiner and a single art unit. Practitioners should note that there is no variation in examiner perspective or art unit standards across the current portfolio. The outcome of the 1 pending office action will be the primary indicator of the company's current success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area. This 1 distinct examiner represents the entirety of the company's active examiner interactions, making the specific habits of LEE JR, WOODY A the central focus of the strategy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE JR, WOODY A | 1 | 84.4% | +13.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18200754 | Medical Heater Blanket with Temperature Sensor | LEE JR, WOODY A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18200754 | Medical Heater Blanket with Temperature Sensor | LEE JR, WOODY A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18200754 | Medical Heater Blanket with Temperature Sensor | LEE JR, WOODY A | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialGentherm Medical LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Woody A Lee Jr. has the most, with 1 of Gentherm Medical LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
