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
Htl-Strefa S A currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. The concentration of the portfolio into 1 art unit suggests a focused technical scope for the current prosecution efforts. This focus allows for a specialized approach to prosecution but also means the company's immediate patent success is tied to a narrow administrative channel within the patent office.
The busiest examiner identified for this portfolio is NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO, who is handling 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 pending action in total, this examiner manages the entirety of the company's active prosecution. For practitioners, this means that the outcome of the current pending matters rests with this specific examiner and the practices of the 1 art unit. This centralization simplifies the administrative burden but increases the impact of this individual examiner's specific preferences on the company's immediate patent goals. Success in this matter will require a deep understanding of the specific examination style and previous rulings associated with this 1 official, as there are no other active matters to provide alternative paths to allowance. The strategy must be tailored to the specific requirements of the assigned 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 1 | 63.6% | +15.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18284340 | A safety needle device | NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18284340 | A safety needle device | NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18284340 | A safety needle device | NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHtl-Strefa S A has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Isabella Sarah Hyo So North has the most, with 1 of Htl-Strefa S A's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
