Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Modernizing Medicine Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio's active matters are handled by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This suggests that the company's current filings involve diverse technical aspects that fall under different classification categories. Navigating multiple art units requires a flexible prosecution strategy that can address varied technical requirements.
HEIN, DEVIN C is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action currently under review. This accounts for 1 of the 2 pending office actions total. The presence of multiple examiners in different art units means that the company's prosecution efforts are not centralized, requiring attention to the unique procedural nuances of each office division. Success in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field will depend on effective communication with both assigned officials.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (50%) |
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEIN, DEVIN C | 1 | 46.0% | +29.7% |
| WINSTON III, EDWARD B | 1 | 20.0% | +31.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17730900 | Automated Healthcare Provider Quality Reporting System (PQRS) | HEIN, DEVIN C | 99d overdue |
| 16825087 | Systems and Methods of Generating Patient Notes with Inherited Preferences | WINSTON III, EDWARD B | 60d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17730900 | Automated Healthcare Provider Quality Reporting System (PQRS) | HEIN, DEVIN C | 99d overdue |
| 16825087 | Systems and Methods of Generating Patient Notes with Inherited Preferences | WINSTON III, EDWARD B | 60d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3686 | 1 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17730900 | Automated Healthcare Provider Quality Reporting System (PQRS) | HEIN, DEVIN C | 3686 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 99d overdue | Pending | Apr 27, 2022 |
| 16825087 | Systems and Methods of Generating Patient Notes with Inherited Preferences | WINSTON III, EDWARD B | 3683 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Mar 20, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialModernizing Medicine Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Devin C Hein has the most, with 1 of Modernizing Medicine Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
