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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Medicalsolutionsystem has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This case is situated within 1 distinct art unit, showing a focused technical area for the company's current filing. The concentration in a single art unit suggests that the company's innovation is classified within a specific mechanical category. For the company, this concentration allows for a deep understanding of the specific requirements and precedents of the assigned unit.
The portfolio involves a distinct examiner. DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing the pending office action. This individual oversees all of the company's active prosecution matters. For the company, this means that all active interactions with the patent office in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area are handled by a single person. This one-on-one interaction can lead to a more focused dialogue between the applicant and the examiner, potentially streamlining the path toward a final resolution on the 1 pending office action.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 1 | 74.5% | +16.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18744529 | GAIT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MULTIPLE LIDARS AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18744529 | GAIT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MULTIPLE LIDARS AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18744529 | GAIT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MULTIPLE LIDARS AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMedicalsolutionsystem has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Sean Patrick Dougherty has the most, with 1 of Medicalsolutionsystem's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
