Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Magdrive Technologies Inc. currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for the company's current innovations. The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner, which means that all 3 pending office actions are being reviewed by the same individual.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR, who is responsible for 3 pending office actions. Because VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR is the only examiner involved, his individual methodology and prior decisions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field are the primary factors for the company's prosecution strategy. This centralized structure allows the company to develop a consistent dialogue with a single point of contact at the patent office.
The presence of 3 pending office actions within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company is seeking protection for a closely related set of technologies. Practitioners should focus on understanding the specific preferences of VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR to efficiently move these applications forward. This streamlined environment minimizes the complexity often found in portfolios that are spread across multiple examiners and art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR | 3 | 79.7% | +13.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19298765 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ACTIVATED PIPE VALVE | VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19016063 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ACTIVATED RISING STEM VALVE | VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR | 3d overdue |
| 19298765 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ACTIVATED PIPE VALVE | VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR | — |
| 19298776 | MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED PIPE VALVE WITH TORQUE-LIMITING CLUTCH AND POSITION INDICATION | VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19298765 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ACTIVATED PIPE VALVE | VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR | 3753 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19298776 | MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED PIPE VALVE WITH TORQUE-LIMITING CLUTCH AND POSITION INDICATION | VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR | 3753 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19016063 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ACTIVATED RISING STEM VALVE | VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialMagdrive Technologies Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Umashankar Venkatesan has the most, with 3 of Magdrive Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
