Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Illuminoss Medical Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. Robert A Vetere is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing the 1 pending office action. The current prosecution activity is focused on a single point of contact at the USPTO.
The 1 pending office action represents the current workload in the Chemistry & Materials area. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the examination is confined to a specific technical group. Robert A Vetere handles the 1 pending office action, making him the primary examiner for the company's active matters. This concentration means that the prosecution results are tied to the findings of this single individual.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VETERE, ROBERT A | 1 | 61.5% | +12.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19060262 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INKING A CATHETER BALLOON | VETERE, ROBERT A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19060262 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INKING A CATHETER BALLOON | VETERE, ROBERT A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1712 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19060262 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INKING A CATHETER BALLOON | VETERE, ROBERT A | 1712 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialIlluminoss Medical Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Robert A Vetere has the most, with 1 of Illuminoss Medical Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
