Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Medrhythms Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, but they are both located within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, they are operating within the same technical division at the USPTO. This concentration within a single unit can lead to more predictable examination standards across the portfolio.
The busiest examiner, MELHUS, BENJAMIN S, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This is 1 of the 2 pending office actions currently active for the company. Because there are 2 distinct examiners within only 1 distinct art unit, the company may encounter consistent technical standards despite the involvement of multiple examiners. Practitioners can focus their research on the specific prior art and procedural trends prevalent in this 1 distinct art unit.
With 2 pending office actions, the company's current prosecution workload is relatively small. The use of 2 distinct examiners means that the applicant must still manage two separate sets of examiner preferences. However, the fact that both examiners are in the same art unit simplifies the coordination of technical arguments. The 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area represent a focused effort to secure patent rights within a specific technical niche.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELHUS, BENJAMIN S | 1 | 60.7% | +43.5% |
| JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 1 | 68.7% | +21.0% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18929316 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEUROLOGIC REHABILITATION | MELHUS, BENJAMIN S | — |
| 18240673 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEUROLOGIC REHABILITATION | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18929316 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEUROLOGIC REHABILITATION | MELHUS, BENJAMIN S | 3791 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18240673 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEUROLOGIC REHABILITATION | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 3791 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMedrhythms Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Benjamin S Melhus has the most, with 1 of Medrhythms Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
