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
Loria Products LLC operates a company patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. There are currently 2 pending office actions associated with this portfolio. These actions are located within 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner across the active cases.
HONRATH, MARC D is the busiest examiner for this company, with 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This count matches the total 2 pending office actions for the portfolio. This means this examiner is reviewing every active matter. For the applicant, this creates a situation where the prosecution depends on the perspective of this individual at the USPTO.
The concentration of the workload under 1 distinct examiner and within 1 distinct art unit affects the legal strategy. Practitioners can develop a response approach that addresses the specific preferences of HONRATH, MARC D. This level of centralization in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector ensures that technical arguments remain consistent across the pending matters for Loria Products LLC.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HONRATH, MARC D | 2 | 73.5% | +33.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17994874 | PENILE SLEEVE DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | HONRATH, MARC D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18483996 | PENILE SLEEVE DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | HONRATH, MARC D | — |
| 17994874 | PENILE SLEEVE DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | HONRATH, MARC D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18483996 | PENILE SLEEVE DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | HONRATH, MARC D | 3791 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 17994874 | PENILE SLEEVE DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | HONRATH, MARC D | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialLoria Products LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Marc D Honrath has the most, with 2 of Loria Products LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
