Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Instituto De Investigaciones Cientificas Y Servicios De Alta Technologia

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

Analysis

Instituto De Investigaciones Cientificas Y Servicios De Alta Technologia has 1 pending office action in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The profile includes 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN, is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action.

The matching assignment counts show that the recorded matter is concentrated in a single examination path. A practitioner reviewing this profile can direct attention to the identified examiner and the relevant Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering issues. The data does not show distribution across additional examiners or art units.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN 1 55.7% +22.7%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19172028 METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF MALARIA MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19172028 METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF MALARIA MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3796 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19172028 METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF MALARIA MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN 3796 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 07, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Instituto De Investigaciones Cientificas Y Servicios De Alta Technologia have?

Instituto De Investigaciones Cientificas Y Servicios De Alta Technologia has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Instituto De Investigaciones Cientificas Y Servicios De Alta Technologia applications?

Christopher John Mutchler has the most, with 1 of Instituto De Investigaciones Cientificas Y Servicios De Alta Technologia's pending office actions.

What technology area are Instituto De Investigaciones Cientificas Y Servicios De Alta Technologia's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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