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
Gtherm Energy Inc. maintains 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This prosecution activity is limited to 1 distinct art unit and involves 1 distinct examiner. Such a concentrated profile suggests that the company's current legal efforts are focused on a specific technical innovation within the mechanical engineering field. This centralization allows for a highly consistent approach to prosecution.
The busiest examiner for the company is STEPHENSON, DANIEL P, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This represents the entirety of the company's current pending workload at the office. Working with 1 distinct examiner allows the company to develop a clear understanding of that individual's specific requirements and preferences. This 1 pending office action can be managed with a high degree of focus, as there are no other competing cases to distract from the strategy.
With only 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner, the administrative burden on the company is low. There is no need to track different procedural rules across multiple art units or to adapt to various examiner styles. This 1 pending office action provides a streamlined path for the company to pursue its patent objectives. The focus on a single examiner and art unit ensures that the prosecution remains unified and efficient.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHENSON, DANIEL P | 1 | 86.5% | -25.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18696461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING OSCILLATOR TO CREATE PULSING WAVES | STEPHENSON, DANIEL P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18696461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING OSCILLATOR TO CREATE PULSING WAVES | STEPHENSON, DANIEL P | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialGtherm Energy Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Daniel P Stephenson has the most, with 1 of Gtherm Energy Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
