Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ln Robotics Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution means that each pending matter is being handled by a different examiner in a different technical unit, requiring the company to manage two unique examiner relationships simultaneously.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is HODGE, LAURA NICOLE, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 distinct examiners for the 2 pending actions, the workload is split evenly across the assigned staff. This lack of concentration means the company must navigate the specific preferences of 2 different examiners without a single dominant point of contact at the patent office.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's robotics innovations are being classified into separate specialized categories. With 2 pending office actions distributed in this manner, practitioners should prepare for varied examination styles. The prosecution strategy must be adaptable to the specific requirements and historical trends of 2 distinct art units to ensure success across the portfolio.
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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, WILLIAM DONALD | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 1 | 49.2% | +40.6% |
| POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 1 | 59.6% | +33.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19122366 | CONNECTOR MOUNTER CONNECTED TO MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CONTROL DEVICE | JOHNSON, WILLIAM DONALD | — |
| 18829767 | ROLLER MODULE FOR MEDICAL ROBOT, DRIVING DEVICE FOR MEDICAL ROBOT, AND MEDICAL ROBOT | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | — |
| 18723273 | MEDICAL PROCEDURE TOOL CONTROL APPARATUS | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18829767 | ROLLER MODULE FOR MEDICAL ROBOT, DRIVING DEVICE FOR MEDICAL ROBOT, AND MEDICAL ROBOT | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | — |
| 18723273 | MEDICAL PROCEDURE TOOL CONTROL APPARATUS | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3631 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19122366 | CONNECTOR MOUNTER CONNECTED TO MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CONTROL DEVICE | JOHNSON, WILLIAM DONALD | 3631 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 18829767 | ROLLER MODULE FOR MEDICAL ROBOT, DRIVING DEVICE FOR MEDICAL ROBOT, AND MEDICAL ROBOT | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 3792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18723273 | MEDICAL PROCEDURE TOOL CONTROL APPARATUS | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 3771 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialLn Robotics Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
William Donald Johnson has the most, with 1 of Ln Robotics Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
