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
Nea Tivs LLC currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This active matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner working within 1 distinct art unit. The concentrated nature of this portfolio suggests a specific focus for the company's current prosecution efforts at the USPTO. Practitioners should note that the active docket is contained within this technical classification.
SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because the total number of pending office actions is 1, this examiner is responsible for the company's current workload. Navigating the prosecution process requires an understanding of this specific examiner's tendencies and the standards of the 1 distinct art unit involved. The presence of 1 distinct examiner increases the impact of this individual's decisions on the overall portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 1 | 58.1% | +15.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18644833 | THERMAL INTRAVENOUS SLEEVE | SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18644833 | THERMAL INTRAVENOUS SLEEVE | SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18644833 | THERMAL INTRAVENOUS SLEEVE | SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNea Tivs LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Smith has the most, with 1 of Nea Tivs LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
