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
Micro Interventional Devices Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, meaning each matter has its own reviewer. Both examiners are located within 1 distinct art unit, centralizing the technical oversight for these filings within a single department.
The busiest examiner, FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This accounts for half of the 2 pending office actions currently active. Because both of the 2 distinct examiners work within the same single art unit, the company may experience a consistent application of examination standards across its pending matters. This structure allows for a focused prosecution strategy that targets the specific requirements of one technical group.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN | 1 | 80.0% | +22.1% |
| DANG, PHONG SON H | 1 | 78.0% | +24.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19169282 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AFFIXING A PROSTHESIS TO TISSUE | FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18989098 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE ANNULOPLASTY | DANG, PHONG SON H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19169282 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AFFIXING A PROSTHESIS TO TISSUE | FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN | — |
| 18989098 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE ANNULOPLASTY | DANG, PHONG SON H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19169282 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AFFIXING A PROSTHESIS TO TISSUE | FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN | 3771 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 18989098 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE ANNULOPLASTY | DANG, PHONG SON H | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMicro Interventional Devices Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Ashley Lauren Fishback has the most, with 1 of Micro Interventional Devices Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
