Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hcmed Innovations Co. Ltd. currently has 6 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. All of these actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a very specific technical focus for the company's medical device portfolio. The prosecution involves 5 distinct examiners, which suggests that while the technical field is narrow, the review is being conducted by a variety of individuals within that single art unit.
BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, managing 2 pending actions. The other pending actions are distributed among the other 5 distinct examiners. For a practitioner, the concentration in 1 distinct art unit means that while examiner personalities may vary, the underlying technical standards and supervisory environment are likely consistent. The fact that BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN handles 2 pending actions provides a small point of concentration for the legal team to monitor. This prosecution profile requires balancing the specific preferences of the 5 distinct examiners while navigating the unified technical criteria of a single art unit. The 6 pending office actions represent a significant but technically localized set of applications.
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 | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 2 | 58.5% | +59.0% |
| LEBRON DE JESUS, GRACIELA NATALIA | 1 | 31.3% | +70.9% |
| ASHIMIU, MAUTIN ISAAC | 1 | 51.1% | +48.9% |
| DAHER, KIRA B | 1 | 42.4% | +56.1% |
| BALLER, KELSEY E | 1 | 62.5% | +58.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18759242 | OPTICAL SENSING MODULE AND NEBULIZER INCLUDING THE SAME | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | — |
| 18759277 | MEDICATION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND NEBULIZER | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | — |
| 18433674 | AEROSOL AMOUNT DETECTION METHOD AND NEBULIZER | ASHIMIU, MAUTIN ISAAC | — |
| 18474176 | ATOMIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF PREDICTING ATOMIZATION TIME FOR THE SAME | DAHER, KIRA B | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18757711 | PORTABLE NEBULIZER AND SHUTDOWN METHOD OF PORTABLE NEBULIZER | LEBRON DE JESUS, GRACIELA NATALIA | — |
| 18759242 | OPTICAL SENSING MODULE AND NEBULIZER INCLUDING THE SAME | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | — |
| 18759277 | MEDICATION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND NEBULIZER | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | — |
| 18433674 | AEROSOL AMOUNT DETECTION METHOD AND NEBULIZER | ASHIMIU, MAUTIN ISAAC | — |
| 18474176 | ATOMIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF PREDICTING ATOMIZATION TIME FOR THE SAME | DAHER, KIRA B | — |
| 18355389 | NEBULIZING MODULE | BALLER, KELSEY E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18757711 | PORTABLE NEBULIZER AND SHUTDOWN METHOD OF PORTABLE NEBULIZER | LEBRON DE JESUS, GRACIELA NATALIA | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18759242 | OPTICAL SENSING MODULE AND NEBULIZER INCLUDING THE SAME | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 3785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18759277 | MEDICATION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND NEBULIZER | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 3785 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18433674 | AEROSOL AMOUNT DETECTION METHOD AND NEBULIZER | ASHIMIU, MAUTIN ISAAC | 3785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18474176 | ATOMIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF PREDICTING ATOMIZATION TIME FOR THE SAME | DAHER, KIRA B | 3785 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18355389 | NEBULIZING MODULE | BALLER, KELSEY E | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHcmed Innovations Co. Ltd. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 5 examiners.
Paige Kathleen Bugg has the most, with 2 of Hcmed Innovations Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
