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
Iotis GmbH has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The company's current USPTO activity is focused on a single mechanical innovation. This concentrated approach allows for a dedicated prosecution strategy that addresses the specific technical requirements of the 1 distinct art unit involved.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This represents the entirety of the company's pending workload. The prosecution path is therefore dependent on the specific examination style of this 1 examiner and the procedural rules of the 1 distinct art unit. Practitioners should focus on the individual preferences of GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER.
With only 1 pending office action, the company does not have to coordinate between different examiners or art units. However, the lack of diversity in the portfolio means that any hurdles encountered with the 1 distinct examiner will affect the company's entire active patent presence. Practitioners should carefully analyze the standards of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area to ensure the application meets all necessary criteria.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 22.0% | +7.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18388710 | METHOD AND SMART BALL FOR GENERATING AN AUDIO FEEDBACK FOR A USER INTERACTING WITH THE SMART BALL | GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18388710 | METHOD AND SMART BALL FOR GENERATING AN AUDIO FEEDBACK FOR A USER INTERACTING WITH THE SMART BALL | GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialIotis GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael Christopher Grant has the most, with 1 of Iotis GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
