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
Heartland AG Tech Inc. currently manages a patent portfolio focused on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The company has 1 pending office action across its active filings. This 1 pending office action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, indicating a concentrated prosecution environment. This examiner is WARD, THOMAS JOHN, who is also identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The prosecution activity is limited to 1 distinct art unit.
Because WARD, THOMAS JOHN is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action, he accounts for the entirety of the pending office actions for the company. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit and the examiner suggests that the current legal strategy is focused on a specific technical niche within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area. Practitioners should note that the workload consists of 1 pending office action. The presence of only 1 distinct examiner means that the company's immediate patent outcomes are currently dependent on the review of WARD, THOMAS JOHN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WARD, THOMAS JOHN | 1 | 52.1% | +25.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18651976 | NON-CONTACT, CLOSED LOOP FEEDBACK FOR DEHYDRATOR CONTROL | WARD, THOMAS JOHN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18651976 | NON-CONTACT, CLOSED LOOP FEEDBACK FOR DEHYDRATOR CONTROL | WARD, THOMAS JOHN | 3761 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHeartland AG Tech Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Thomas John Ward has the most, with 1 of Heartland AG Tech Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
