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
The portfolio for Nintx Pesquisa E Desenvolvimento Ltda currently shows 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, indicating a highly concentrated prosecution focus at this stage. The presence of 1 distinct art unit further confirms that the current workload is localized within a specific technical niche at the patent office. Practitioners should note that with only 1 pending office action, the portfolio is currently in a very limited phase of active examination.
ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for the 1 pending office action currently on record. This examiner's involvement represents the entirety of the active prosecution pipeline for the firm. Because this individual is the only examiner active for the company, their specific history in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector will be the primary factor in immediate outcomes. The current administrative burden is low, but the strategic importance of this single matter is high for the overall portfolio direction.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | 1 | 57.3% | +24.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18397649 | DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SIMULATOR APPARATUS AND PROCESS | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18397649 | DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SIMULATOR APPARATUS AND PROCESS | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18397649 | DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SIMULATOR APPARATUS AND PROCESS | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | 3715 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNintx Pesquisa E Desenvolvimento Ltda has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Stephen D Alvesteffer has the most, with 1 of Nintx Pesquisa E Desenvolvimento Ltda's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
