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
James George Elcoate Smith currently manages 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This active case is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, HOMZA, LISA NHUNG, and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner, HOMZA, LISA NHUNG, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. The data reveals a highly focused prosecution profile, as the total of 1 pending office action is handled by a single examiner in a single art unit.
For James George Elcoate Smith, this indicates that all current interactions with the patent office are centralized. Within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector, the portfolio's activity is limited to the specific review of HOMZA, LISA NHUNG. The lack of multiple examiners or art units suggests a streamlined prosecution process where the outcome of the pending matter is entirely dependent on the findings of one examiner. This concentration of prosecution activity can lead to a more consistent dialogue with the patent office, although it lacks the diversification found in larger portfolios with multiple active cases across different art units.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | 1 | 86.8% | +1.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18701199 | COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18701199 | COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialJames George Elcoate Smith has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Lisa Nhung Homza has the most, with 1 of James George Elcoate Smith's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
