Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kaleo Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, yet they both fall within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that the company's pending innovations are closely related technically but are being evaluated by different individuals. SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE is listed as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action.
Since there are 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions, each examiner is responsible for exactly half of the pending workload. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit implies a consistent set of prior art and examination guidelines will apply to both cases. Practitioners can leverage this by comparing the 2 pending office actions for consistency in how the 1 distinct art unit interprets the relevant technology. With SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE handling 1 pending office action, the practitioner must navigate two separate examiner styles within the same technical framework of the 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | 1 | 58.4% | +36.6% |
| PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP | 1 | 58.1% | +27.7% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18668491 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF SUBSTANCES WITHIN A PREFILLED SYRINGE | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | — |
| 18288965 | ON-BODY MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAMENT | PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18668491 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF SUBSTANCES WITHIN A PREFILLED SYRINGE | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18288965 | ON-BODY MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAMENT | PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP | 3783 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKaleo Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Emily Louise Schmidt has the most, with 1 of Kaleo Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
