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
Navifus US LLC manages a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Currently, the portfolio contains 1 pending office action. This action is located within 1 distinct art unit, pointing to a specific area of technical focus for the company's current filings. Such a concentrated prosecution profile often reflects a specialized firm focusing its resources on a core medical device technology.
The prosecution is conducted by 1 distinct examiner, MCDONALD, JAMES F. This examiner is the busiest for the portfolio, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there is only 1 pending action in total, MCDONALD, JAMES F is responsible for all active office actions, making their examination style a key consideration for the company. The company's prosecution strategy is currently focused on a single relationship with this examiner, requiring an understanding of their specific approach to medical device claims.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONALD, JAMES F | 1 | 59.6% | +43.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18504404 | METHOD OF RECONSTRUCTING TRANSCRANIAL IMAGES USING DUAL-MODE ULTRASONICS PHASED ARRAY | MCDONALD, JAMES F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18504404 | METHOD OF RECONSTRUCTING TRANSCRANIAL IMAGES USING DUAL-MODE ULTRASONICS PHASED ARRAY | MCDONALD, JAMES F | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNavifus US LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
James F Mcdonald has the most, with 1 of Navifus US LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
