Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nocira LLC is managing 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This spread suggests that the 2 active matters involve different mechanical or medical sub-disciplines, as each is being reviewed by a different examiner in a separate specialized unit.
HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. Because each of the 2 actions is assigned to a different examiner and art unit, there is no central point of influence for the portfolio's current prosecution. Practitioners should expect to manage unique examiner relationships and navigate the specific standards of the different art units, requiring an individualized approach to each of the 2 pending matters in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA | 1 | 72.0% | +30.2% |
| RESTAINO, DANIELLE BERNADETTE | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18514788 | MAGNETICALLY DRIVEN PRESSURE GENERATOR | RESTAINO, DANIELLE BERNADETTE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18818229 | METHOD FOR EXTERNAL EAR CANAL PRESSURE REGULATION TO ALLEVIATE DISORDER SYMPTOMS | HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18818229 | METHOD FOR EXTERNAL EAR CANAL PRESSURE REGULATION TO ALLEVIATE DISORDER SYMPTOMS | HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA | 3786 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18514788 | MAGNETICALLY DRIVEN PRESSURE GENERATOR | RESTAINO, DANIELLE BERNADETTE | 3785 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNocira LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Ophelia Althea Hawthorne has the most, with 1 of Nocira LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
