Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lifebridge Technologies LLC is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Both of these actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which indicates a high level of concentration in the review process. Furthermore, these actions are both located within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the company's current active filings are focused on a specific technical classification.
The busiest examiner for the company is BAYS, PAMELA M, who is overseeing 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This means that BAYS, PAMELA M is responsible for the entirety of the 2 pending office actions in the company's current portfolio. Because all prosecution activity is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the company's success in this technology area is closely tied to the relationship with this single official. Practitioners can focus their efforts on understanding the specific examination patterns of BAYS, PAMELA M. This streamlined prosecution environment allows for a consistent and targeted legal strategy for the active applications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYS, PAMELA M | 2 | 71.8% | +37.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19339227 | Minimally Invasive Heart Pump for Assisting Systolic and Diastolic Pump Function with Modular Adjustable Strain Construct Insertion | BAYS, PAMELA M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19067788 | Material Characteristics Ideal for Providing Either Partial or Total Mechanical Support to the Failing or Arrested Heart and Method for Developing Ideal Characteristics for Underlying Cardiac Disorders | BAYS, PAMELA M | 19d |
| 19339227 | Minimally Invasive Heart Pump for Assisting Systolic and Diastolic Pump Function with Modular Adjustable Strain Construct Insertion | BAYS, PAMELA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19339227 | Minimally Invasive Heart Pump for Assisting Systolic and Diastolic Pump Function with Modular Adjustable Strain Construct Insertion | BAYS, PAMELA M | 3796 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19067788 | Material Characteristics Ideal for Providing Either Partial or Total Mechanical Support to the Failing or Arrested Heart and Method for Developing Ideal Characteristics for Underlying Cardiac Disorders | BAYS, PAMELA M | 3796 | §112 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialLifebridge Technologies LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Pamela M Bays has the most, with 2 of Lifebridge Technologies LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
