Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gt Medical Technologies Inc. has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. While the company is dealing with 2 distinct examiners, these examiners are both located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that although the individuals reviewing the applications differ, the administrative oversight is centralized within a single specialized division of the patent office.
KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Given that the total count of pending actions is 2, this examiner is responsible for a portion of the active workload. The 2 distinct examiners each manage an equal number of cases, as the busiest examiner pending count is 1. This balance suggests that the company is not overly reliant on one specific official for its current prosecution needs.
The concentration of 2 pending office actions within 1 distinct art unit suggests a consistent technical focus for the portfolio's current active matters. Practitioners should prepare for a unified set of art unit guidelines even when interacting with the 2 different examiners. The workload remains balanced between the assigned officials, providing a stable prosecution environment within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | 1 | 37.5% | +92.3% |
| MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | 1 | 71.8% | +31.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17233836 | RADIOACTIVE SEED LOADING APPARATUS | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | 14d |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17233836 | RADIOACTIVE SEED LOADING APPARATUS | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | 14d |
| 17698385 | CUSTOM BRACHYTHERAPY CARRIERS | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17698385 | CUSTOM BRACHYTHERAPY CARRIERS | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2022 |
| 17233836 | RADIOACTIVE SEED LOADING APPARATUS | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Apr 19, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialGt Medical Technologies Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Brooke Nicole Kohutka has the most, with 1 of Gt Medical Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
