Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Metrohealth Ventures LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner and a distinct art unit. This indicates a concentrated prosecution effort, with all pending matters being reviewed within the same department and by the same individual.
BOECKER, JOSEPH D is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 2 pending office actions. As the only examiner involved, BOECKER, JOSEPH D is responsible for all the active matters in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area. This arrangement allows the company to maintain a singular focus in its responses and to build a consistent record across the total pending actions.
The use of 1 distinct examiner and the art unit for the total pending office actions suggests that the company's technology is highly specialized. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination style of BOECKER, JOSEPH D to optimize their strategy. This concentration within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field can lead to more predictable outcomes during the patent prosecution process.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOECKER, JOSEPH D | 2 | 83.7% | +22.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18737062 | COMBINATION RESPIRATORY THERAPY DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | BOECKER, JOSEPH D | — |
| 18737087 | COMBINATION RESPIRATORY THERAPY DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | BOECKER, JOSEPH D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18737062 | COMBINATION RESPIRATORY THERAPY DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | BOECKER, JOSEPH D | — |
| 18737087 | COMBINATION RESPIRATORY THERAPY DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | BOECKER, JOSEPH D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18737062 | COMBINATION RESPIRATORY THERAPY DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | BOECKER, JOSEPH D | 3785 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18737087 | COMBINATION RESPIRATORY THERAPY DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | BOECKER, JOSEPH D | 3785 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMetrohealth Ventures LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Joseph D Boecker has the most, with 2 of Metrohealth Ventures LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
