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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Medizinische Universität Wien currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being processed by a distinct art unit, which suggests a specific technical focus for the university's current U.S. patent activities. With a distinct examiner involved, the university's immediate prosecution success is tied to the review of this individual.
SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON is the busiest examiner for the university, holding the 1 pending office action. As the examiner assigned to the portfolio, the interpretation of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field by SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON will be the primary factor in the outcome of this case. There are no other examiners or art units to provide a point of comparison for the university's prosecution experience. Practitioners should focus on addressing the specific concerns raised by this examiner, as there is no broader portfolio to balance against the results of the pending office action. This environment requires a targeted approach to the distinct art unit involved.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | 1 | 83.5% | +20.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18907192 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY STIMULATING AT LEAST ONE NERVE | SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18907192 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY STIMULATING AT LEAST ONE NERVE | SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18907192 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY STIMULATING AT LEAST ONE NERVE | SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMedizinische Universität Wien has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Joshua Brendon Solomon has the most, with 1 of Medizinische Universität Wien's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
