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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Inogen Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a very focused prosecution profile. The concentration of the 1 pending office action in a single art unit indicates that the company's current patenting activity is limited to a specific mechanical or medical niche. This allows for a highly targeted prosecution strategy that addresses the specific technical standards of that individual art unit.
LUARCA, MARGARET M is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing the 1 pending office action. As the sole examiner involved, their individual approach to the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area will be the determining factor for this case. With only 1 pending office action total, the company's current active engagement with the patent office is highly localized. This 1 distinct examiner represents the only active point of contact for the company's current prosecution efforts, making their specific examination style critically important.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUARCA, MARGARET M | 1 | 74.2% | +19.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18397439 | NASAL INTERFACE APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE WITH A RESPIRATORY ASSIST DEVICE | LUARCA, MARGARET M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18397439 | NASAL INTERFACE APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE WITH A RESPIRATORY ASSIST DEVICE | LUARCA, MARGARET M | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialInogen Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Margaret M Luarca has the most, with 1 of Inogen Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
