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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Microt Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are spread across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, giving the available record a separated structure.
KIDWELL, MICHELE M is the busiest examiner and has 1 pending matter. The examiner workload is therefore evenly distributed across the listed assignments.
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 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARCETICH, ADAM M | 1 | 72.8% | +18.8% |
| KIDWELL, MICHELE M | 1 | 63.9% | +18.8% |
| WILLSE, DAVID H | 1 | 67.3% | +14.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19054936 | APPARATUS FOR INJECTING IMPLANT FOR EYE DISEASE WITH STENT FIXATION | MARCETICH, ADAM M | — |
| 18260809 | Apparatus for Injecting Implant for Eye Disease | WILLSE, DAVID 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19054936 | APPARATUS FOR INJECTING IMPLANT FOR EYE DISEASE WITH STENT FIXATION | MARCETICH, ADAM M | — |
| 19022439 | IMPLANT DEVICE FOR EYE DISEASE APPLIED WITH MATRIX FOR DRUG DELIVERY | KIDWELL, MICHELE M | — |
| 18260809 | Apparatus for Injecting Implant for Eye Disease | WILLSE, DAVID H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 2 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19054936 | APPARATUS FOR INJECTING IMPLANT FOR EYE DISEASE WITH STENT FIXATION | MARCETICH, ADAM M | 3781 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19022439 | IMPLANT DEVICE FOR EYE DISEASE APPLIED WITH MATRIX FOR DRUG DELIVERY | KIDWELL, MICHELE M | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18260809 | Apparatus for Injecting Implant for Eye Disease | WILLSE, DAVID H | 3774 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMicrot Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Adam M Marcetich has the most, with 1 of Microt Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
