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
Instituto De Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi Sunyer (Idibaps) has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company's prosecution activity is currently limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a very focused patent strategy. This concentration means that the company's current interactions with the patent office are localized within a single technical and administrative area.
The busiest examiner, HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This is the only pending action for the company, so the examiner's individual approach to Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering will be the primary factor in the portfolio's progress. The involvement of only 1 distinct art unit simplifies the prosecution process, as there are no competing standards from other units.
Practitioners should prioritize the 1 pending office action and the specific examination style of HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI, to effectively advance the company's patent applications. Analyzing the examiner's history within the 1 distinct art unit may reveal insights into how to best address the current rejections. The resolution of the 1 pending office action is the key next step for the company's patent prosecution.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 1 | 40.6% | +50.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17313469 | GRAPHENE TRANSISTOR SYSTEM FOR MEASURING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17313469 | GRAPHENE TRANSISTOR SYSTEM FOR MEASURING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17313469 | GRAPHENE TRANSISTOR SYSTEM FOR MEASURING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialInstituto De Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi Sunyer (Idibaps) has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Andrew Eli Hoffpauir has the most, with 1 of Instituto De Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi Sunyer (Idibaps)'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
