Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Keranova has 1 pending office action in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matter is assigned to 1 examiner and 1 art unit, producing a single examination channel. Counsel can focus prosecution resources on one record and align technical amendments directly with the issues identified by that examiner.
ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The assignment represents the entire identified workload. A focused response should test whether the office action can be answered through argument, targeted amendment, or both, while preserving the device claims that remain supported by the disclosure.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROANE, AARON F | 1 | 73.4% | +9.8% |
| ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18609999 | APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A HUMAN OR ANIMAL TISSUE COMPRISING AN OPTICAL COUPLER | ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19138027 | SYSTEM FOR CUTTING OCULAR TISSUE INTO ELEMENTARY PORTIONS | ROANE, AARON F | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 18609999 | APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A HUMAN OR ANIMAL TISSUE COMPRISING AN OPTICAL COUPLER | ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK | 3700 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialKeranova has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Aaron F Roane has the most, with 1 of Keranova's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
