Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
George Tfe Scp currently has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are handled by 2 distinct examiners and are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner, MORAN, KATHERINE M, is responsible for 2 pending office actions. This means that 2 of the 3 pending office actions are under the review of a single individual.
Because all 3 pending office actions are in the same art unit, the company likely faces very consistent examination standards and prior art landscapes. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific rejection style of MORAN, KATHERINE M, as this examiner controls the majority of the active docket. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows for a more unified prosecution strategy compared to more diversified portfolios.
With only 2 distinct examiners involved, the company can focus its resources on a very small number of individual perspectives. The 3 pending office actions represent a narrow but concentrated effort in the medical device sector. Counsel should leverage the feedback from the 2 pending office actions assigned to MORAN, KATHERINE M to inform the strategy for the remaining case in the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (33%) |
| 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, KATHERINE M | 2 | 54.3% | +24.2% |
| HOEY, ALISSA L | 1 | 44.4% | +32.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18264218 | CELLULAR ENERGY-ABSORBING STRUCTURE FASTENING DEVICE | MORAN, KATHERINE M | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19157364 | HELMET | HOEY, ALISSA L | 69d |
| 18264218 | CELLULAR ENERGY-ABSORBING STRUCTURE FASTENING DEVICE | MORAN, KATHERINE M | — |
| 18264212 | CELLULAR ENERGY-ABSORBING STRUCTURE FASTENING DEVICE | MORAN, KATHERINE M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19157364 | HELMET | HOEY, ALISSA L | 3732 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 69d | Pending | Aug 17, 2025 |
| 18264218 | CELLULAR ENERGY-ABSORBING STRUCTURE FASTENING DEVICE | MORAN, KATHERINE M | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 18264212 | CELLULAR ENERGY-ABSORBING STRUCTURE FASTENING DEVICE | MORAN, KATHERINE M | 3732 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialGeorge Tfe Scp has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Katherine M Moran has the most, with 2 of George Tfe Scp's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
