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
Good MAN Co. Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, LONG, SARAH A. The prosecution is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a specific technical focus for the company's current patent application.
LONG, SARAH A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. Since the company only has 1 pending office action, this examiner is the only one currently reviewing their work. The use of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit creates a direct channel for communication with the patent office.
The 1 pending office action indicates a focused stage of prosecution for Good MAN Co. Ltd. Practitioners should tailor their responses to the specific preferences of LONG, SARAH A while adhering to the technical guidelines of the single art unit involved. This narrow scope allows for a specialized approach to the pending Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering application.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONG, SARAH A | 1 | 60.7% | +42.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19028360 | BALLOON CATHETER | LONG, SARAH 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19028360 | BALLOON CATHETER | LONG, SARAH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19028360 | BALLOON CATHETER | LONG, SARAH A | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialGood MAN Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Sarah A Long has the most, with 1 of Good MAN Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
