Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Molteno Ophthalmic Ltd. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single active matter is assigned to a unique examiner and 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a consolidated and singular presence at the patent office for its current filings. The data suggests that the company's current prosecution activity is limited to one specific technical classification. GUY K TOWNSEND is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing the only pending office action.
Since there is only one distinct examiner involved, this individual handles the entirety of the company's current pending workload. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination history and preferences of this single examiner, as they hold total influence over the active results in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The involvement of only 1 distinct art unit further simplifies the procedural landscape, as there is no need to account for varying standards across different technical groups. This centralized prosecution model allows for a highly tailored approach to the active matter, focusing all resources on a single point of contact at the patent office.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOWNSEND, GUY K | 1 | 74.4% | +25.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18848885 | OPHTHALMIC IMPLANT WITH RESTRICTION MECHANISM ON A DRAINAGE TUBE FOR TREATING GLAUCOMA | TOWNSEND, GUY K | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18848885 | OPHTHALMIC IMPLANT WITH RESTRICTION MECHANISM ON A DRAINAGE TUBE FOR TREATING GLAUCOMA | TOWNSEND, GUY K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18848885 | OPHTHALMIC IMPLANT WITH RESTRICTION MECHANISM ON A DRAINAGE TUBE FOR TREATING GLAUCOMA | TOWNSEND, GUY K | 3781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMolteno Ophthalmic Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Guy K Townsend has the most, with 1 of Molteno Ophthalmic Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
