Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Levita Magnetics International Corp. manages 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are spread across 3 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's current patent applications involve several different specialized technical fields. The prosecution is handled by 3 distinct examiners, ensuring that each case receives an independent review.
GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. For a practitioner, the fact that 3 pending office actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units means there is no opportunity to consolidate arguments before a single reviewer. GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ is the point of contact for 1 of these matters, while the others are managed by different individuals in separate technical groups.
This decentralized prosecution profile requires a versatile strategy to address the unique requirements of each examiner and art unit. The 3 distinct art units involved may have varying standards for patentability, necessitating a customized approach for each application. The balanced workload among the 3 distinct examiners ensures that the company's current USPTO activity is not concentrated under any single individual, including GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ | 1 | 76.7% | +19.4% |
| SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN | 1 | 78.3% | +21.8% |
| CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | 1 | 60.9% | +25.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19065984 | ONE-OPERATOR SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ | — |
| 18946732 | LAPAROSCOPIC GRASPERS AND SYSTEMS THEREFOR | SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19065984 | ONE-OPERATOR SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ | — |
| 18946732 | LAPAROSCOPIC GRASPERS AND SYSTEMS THEREFOR | SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN | — |
| 17701294 | ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS OF USE | CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19065984 | ONE-OPERATOR SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ | 3795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 18946732 | LAPAROSCOPIC GRASPERS AND SYSTEMS THEREFOR | SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 17701294 | ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS OF USE | CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialLevita Magnetics International Corp. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Shankar Raj Ghimire has the most, with 1 of Levita Magnetics International Corp.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
