Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mhi Health Devices LLC is currently handling 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 pending office actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, with GAUTHIER, NICHOLAS FREDRICK serving as the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. This distribution ensures that each application is reviewed by a different individual.
The prosecution is spread across 2 distinct art units, suggesting some technical variety within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering portfolio. While there are 3 distinct examiners, the concentration in 2 distinct art units means that some examiners may be operating under similar unit-specific guidelines. This can provide the applicant with a more consistent understanding of the patentability standards within those units.
With those matters and those examiners, the company avoids the risk of a single examiner bottleneck. The involvement of 2 distinct art units requires the applicant to be mindful of the different technical focuses of each unit. Practitioners should analyze the feedback from all examiners to identify common themes across the 3 pending office actions. GAUTHIER, NICHOLAS FREDRICK manages 1 pending action, representing one of the three unique paths.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAUTHIER, NICHOLAS FREDRICK | 1 | — | — |
| KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | 1 | 63.3% | +21.6% |
| EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | 1 | 62.7% | +21.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17916078 | ENERGY EFFICIENT TWIN REVERSED SPIRAL CONFIGURED HEATING ELEMENT AND GAS HEATER USING THE SAME | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | 3d overdue |
| 18439827 | EFFICIENT HIGH TEMPERATURE ELECTRIC CONVECTIVE HEATER AND METHOD TO MAKE SAME | GAUTHIER, NICHOLAS FREDRICK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17916078 | ENERGY EFFICIENT TWIN REVERSED SPIRAL CONFIGURED HEATING ELEMENT AND GAS HEATER USING THE SAME | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | 3d overdue |
| 18197792 | HEAT RETENTIVE DIFFUSIVE LIGHT WEIGHT ANTI-MICROBIAL STEAM NOZZLE ENABLED WITH A CONVERGENT ENVELOPE | KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 2 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18439827 | EFFICIENT HIGH TEMPERATURE ELECTRIC CONVECTIVE HEATER AND METHOD TO MAKE SAME | GAUTHIER, NICHOLAS FREDRICK | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18197792 | HEAT RETENTIVE DIFFUSIVE LIGHT WEIGHT ANTI-MICROBIAL STEAM NOZZLE ENABLED WITH A CONVERGENT ENVELOPE | KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | 3752 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 17916078 | ENERGY EFFICIENT TWIN REVERSED SPIRAL CONFIGURED HEATING ELEMENT AND GAS HEATER USING THE SAME | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialMhi Health Devices LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Nicholas Fredrick Gauthier has the most, with 1 of Mhi Health Devices LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
