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
Martino Family Holdings currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is being handled by examiner SALONE, BAYAN, who is also identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action. The concentration of work is high, as the portfolio involves only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit.
This narrow distribution suggests a highly focused prosecution strategy or a very early-stage portfolio. Because all activity is limited to 1 distinct art unit, the entity faces a singular set of examination standards and procedural norms. Practitioners should note that the entire pending workload rests with SALONE, BAYAN, making this individual the primary point of contact for the current patent efforts.
The lack of diversity in examiners means the portfolio's progress is entirely dependent on the specific throughput and tendencies of a single office official. For an entity in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, this centralization can simplify communication but increases the impact of a single examiner's perspective. This structure requires precise alignment with the examiner's technical interpretations to ensure successful outcomes 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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALONE, BAYAN | 1 | 76.1% | +17.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18382133 | MOBILE CNC SYSTEM | SALONE, BAYAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18382133 | MOBILE CNC SYSTEM | SALONE, BAYAN | 3726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMartino Family Holdings has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Bayan Salone has the most, with 1 of Martino Family Holdings's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
