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
The patent portfolio for Kevin Seex is positioned within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. There is currently 1 pending office action associated with this portfolio. The prosecution is concentrated, involving 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, which limits the current administrative breadth of the portfolio's interactions with the patent office. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows for a focused technical strategy within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action represents the total pending workload for Kevin Seex. Effective management of this portfolio requires a focused approach toward the 1 distinct examiner and the specific requirements of HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY. Because there is only 1 pending office action, the company's immediate success at the patent office is tied to the resolution of this individual matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 1 | 77.7% | +19.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18249653 | A MODIFIED COMPRESSION APPLIANCE AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE FOR USE IN SPINAL SURGERY | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18249653 | A MODIFIED COMPRESSION APPLIANCE AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE FOR USE IN SPINAL SURGERY | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18249653 | A MODIFIED COMPRESSION APPLIANCE AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE FOR USE IN SPINAL SURGERY | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKevin Seex has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Julianna Nancy Harvey has the most, with 1 of Kevin Seex's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.