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
Guardiaris D O O currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a concentrated prosecution profile with no current diversity in examiners or art units. Practitioners should recognize that this case represents the company's current engagement with the patent office in this technology area. The focus on a single examiner and unit suggests a streamlined interaction with the office.
BULLINGTON, ROBERT P is the busiest examiner, managing the busiest examiner pending count of 1. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's immediate patent goals are focused on this single action. Practitioners should tailor their strategy to the specific requirements of the 1 distinct art unit, as it is the only one currently reviewing the company's pending office actions. The outcome of the 1 pending office action will define the company's current success rate within the 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BULLINGTON, ROBERT P | 1 | 42.9% | +29.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18871143 | A SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING INTERACTIVE TRAINING SCENARIO AND FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF RELEVANT OBJECTS IN A TRAINING RANGE AND A METHOD OF SYSTEM SET UP AND CALIBRATION | BULLINGTON, ROBERT P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18871143 | A SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING INTERACTIVE TRAINING SCENARIO AND FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF RELEVANT OBJECTS IN A TRAINING RANGE AND A METHOD OF SYSTEM SET UP AND CALIBRATION | BULLINGTON, ROBERT P | 3715 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialGuardiaris D O O has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Robert P Bullington has the most, with 1 of Guardiaris D O O's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
