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
Life Express LLC is currently managing its patent interests within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company has 1 pending office action, which is being reviewed in 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the current prosecution efforts are focused on a specific mechanical or medical innovation. By operating within 1 distinct art unit, the company can focus its legal strategy on the specific examination trends and technical standards prevalent in that section of the patent office.
The prosecution of this matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner, BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN. As the busiest examiner for this portfolio, she is responsible for the 1 pending office action currently active. This means the immediate success of the company's patent strategy in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering is tied to the review of this individual. Practitioners should evaluate the historical patterns and common rejections associated with BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN to prepare a more effective response. The presence of 1 pending office action indicates a targeted prosecution profile that requires a high degree of precision in addressing the technical issues raised.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 1 | 58.5% | +59.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18670473 | HYPERBARIC HYPER-HYPO THERMAL THERAPY SYSTEM | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18670473 | HYPERBARIC HYPER-HYPO THERMAL THERAPY SYSTEM | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialLife Express LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Paige Kathleen Bugg has the most, with 1 of Life Express LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
