Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Meditrina Inc. is currently managing 7 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These cases are distributed among 7 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. This indicates that while each action has a unique examiner, several individuals are working within the same 4 distinct art units. Practitioners should coordinate their efforts across the 4 distinct art units to ensure that arguments remain consistent.
LOUIS, RICHARD G is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. Since 7 distinct examiners are each handling 1 pending office action, the company's prosecution is decentralized across the portfolio. The variety of 4 distinct art units involved suggests that the applications cover several different classifications within the medical device field. Managing 7 pending office actions with 7 distinct examiners requires a thorough understanding of the different examination styles present in the assigned divisions. Practitioners must tailor their advocacy to the specific requirements of each art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 3 (38%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOUIS, RICHARD G | 1 | 74.7% | +17.2% |
| FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN | 1 | 79.3% | +20.5% |
| FREHE, WILLIAM R | 1 | 59.7% | +42.2% |
| CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | 1 | 54.2% | +53.0% |
| PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 1 | 56.6% | +46.4% |
| FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 1 | 40.7% | +38.3% |
| WU, PAMELA F | 1 | 57.6% | +22.5% |
| LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD | 1 | 69.3% | +37.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18455872 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERMANENT FEMALE CONTRACEPTION | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 84d overdue |
| 18390702 | ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 21d |
| 18784465 | FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND TISSUE TRAP | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | — |
| 18050132 | ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING AND CONTROL SYSTEM | LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18455872 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERMANENT FEMALE CONTRACEPTION | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 84d overdue |
| 18390702 | ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 21d |
| 19044139 | ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE | FREHE, WILLIAM R | 40d |
| 19248301 | MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | LOUIS, RICHARD G | — |
| 19242017 | IMAGING GUIDEWIRE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE | FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN | — |
| 18784465 | FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND TISSUE TRAP | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | — |
| 18332161 | MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | WU, PAMELA F | — |
| 18050132 | ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING AND CONTROL SYSTEM | LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 4 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19248301 | MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | LOUIS, RICHARD G | 3795 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19242017 | IMAGING GUIDEWIRE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE | FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN | 3795 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19044139 | ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE | FREHE, WILLIAM R | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 18784465 | FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND TISSUE TRAP | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18390702 | ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18455872 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERMANENT FEMALE CONTRACEPTION | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 3786 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 84d overdue | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18332161 | MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | WU, PAMELA F | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 18050132 | ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING AND CONTROL SYSTEM | LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD | 3795 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialMeditrina Inc. has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 8 examiners.
Richard G Louis has the most, with 1 of Meditrina Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
