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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Medtech S A manages 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This case is handled by BRUCE, FAROUK A, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action. The company's current prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This narrow focus indicates a specialized technical application within the medical device sector.
The pending office action indicates a very targeted approach to intellectual property at this stage. Having a single distinct examiner means that the company's current success is tied to the decisions of BRUCE, FAROUK A. The distinct art unit involved suggests a narrow field of medical engineering innovation. Practitioners should tailor their strategy to the specific norms of this art unit. This streamlined profile allows for direct communication with the assigned examiner. The involvement of only one examiner and one art unit simplifies the management of the company's active claims.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE, FAROUK A | 1 | 49.1% | +38.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19049556 | OPTICAL CAMERA POSITIONING TOOL | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 15d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19049556 | OPTICAL CAMERA POSITIONING TOOL | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 15d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19049556 | OPTICAL CAMERA POSITIONING TOOL | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 3797 | §101§103DP | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialMedtech S A has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Farouk A Bruce has the most, with 1 of Medtech S A's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
