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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gimer Medical Co. Ltd. currently has 4 pending office actions focused on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This moderate volume of active prosecution suggests a targeted approach to protecting medical innovations. The 4 pending actions indicate a steady flow of work through the patent office as the company seeks to secure its mechanical engineering assets.
The portfolio is managed across 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, showing a high degree of focus. With only 2 art units involved, the company's technology likely falls into a specific niche of medical devices. The use of 3 examiners for the actions implies that at least one examiner is handling multiple matters, which can lead to more predictable prosecution if that examiner's style is well understood.
WU, TONG E is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This examiner handles 2 of the 4 total pending office actions. Consequently, the decisions and preferences of this single individual will significantly shape the near-term success of Gimer Medical Co. Ltd. in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WU, TONG E | 2 | 71.0% | +15.2% |
| WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | 1 | 55.6% | +46.6% |
| BAYS, PAMELA M | 1 | 71.8% | +37.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17687186 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM | WU, TONG E | 437d overdue |
| 17685725 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM | WU, TONG E | 437d overdue |
| 18513000 | ANCHOR | BAYS, PAMELA M | 26d overdue |
| 18886469 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD | WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17687186 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM | WU, TONG E | 437d overdue |
| 17685725 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM | WU, TONG E | 437d overdue |
| 18513000 | ANCHOR | BAYS, PAMELA M | 26d overdue |
| 18886469 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD | WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 3 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18886469 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD | WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | 3792 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18513000 | ANCHOR | BAYS, PAMELA M | 3796 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 17687186 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM | WU, TONG E | 3796 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 437d overdue | Pending | Mar 04, 2022 |
| 17685725 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM | WU, TONG E | 3796 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 437d overdue | Pending | Mar 03, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialGimer Medical Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Tong E Wu has the most, with 2 of Gimer Medical Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
