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
Medcer AB currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, SAMARASEKARA, SARA NELUM, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The prosecution is limited to 1 distinct art unit. With only 1 pending office action and 1 examiner involved, the current patent office activity for this portfolio is highly centralized and specific. This 1 to 1 ratio across the pending action, examiner, and art unit indicates a singular focus in the company's current intellectual property efforts.
For practitioners, this means that the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the individual preferences and examination history of SAMARASEKARA, SARA NELUM. There are no other pending matters to provide a baseline for comparison within the portfolio. The focus on 1 distinct art unit within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area suggests that the technology is highly specialized. Success in this single pending action will be critical, as it represents the entirety of the company's current engagement with the patent office. Practitioners should carefully analyze the specific standards of this 1 art unit to ensure the best possible outcome for this lone pending matter.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMARASEKARA, SARA NELUM | 1 | — | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19159404 | NON-OSTEOCONDUCTIVE INORGANIC DEVICE FOR BONE FORMATION, BONE RESHAPING OR HEALING OF BONE | SAMARASEKARA, SARA NELUM | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
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