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 • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mentor Worldwide LLC is currently focused on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio shows 2 pending office actions, both of which are being handled by 1 distinct examiner. This concentration indicates a highly centralized prosecution strategy, as a single individual is responsible for reviewing the company's current filings. Furthermore, the workload is situated within 1 distinct art unit, ensuring that the legal proceedings are governed by the specific standards of one specialized group.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO, who manages 2 busiest_examiner_pending office actions. Because this examiner oversees the entirety of the pending workload, the applicant can establish a consistent and direct relationship with the patent office. This streamlined interaction often allows for more predictable outcomes and a more cohesive narrative across the medical device and mechanical engineering applications.
Practitioners should note that the alignment of the 2 pending office actions under RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO simplifies the management of the portfolio. There is no need to navigate the differing perspectives of multiple examiners or the varying procedural requirements of different art units. This centralized structure provides a clear point of contact for all current prosecution matters, allowing the applicant to focus their efforts on the specific feedback provided by this examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO | 1 | 15.4% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17965961 | IMPLANTABLE PROSTHETIC DEVICES HAVING OUTER SHELLS WITH INTEGRATED SCAFFOLDING FOR IMPROVING FORM STABILITY, REDUCING WRINKLING AND REDUCING THE WEIGHT OF THE IMPLANTABLE PROSTHETIC DEVICES | RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO | 79d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17965961 | IMPLANTABLE PROSTHETIC DEVICES HAVING OUTER SHELLS WITH INTEGRATED SCAFFOLDING FOR IMPROVING FORM STABILITY, REDUCING WRINKLING AND REDUCING THE WEIGHT OF THE IMPLANTABLE PROSTHETIC DEVICES | RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO | 3774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 79d overdue | Pending | Oct 14, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialMentor Worldwide LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Gabriella Giselle Bono Rios has the most, with 1 of Mentor Worldwide LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
