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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Novocuff, Inc. has 1 pending office action currently active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, representing a highly concentrated prosecution environment. Such a focused profile allows the company to tailor its legal strategy to the specific technical standards of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. The use of 1 distinct art unit implies a specialized application of their technology. This 1 pending office action is the only active matter currently reported for the company.
The busiest examiner identified in the data is BYRD, BRIGID K, who is responsible for the 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner, the company can focus entirely on the feedback and procedural preferences of BYRD, BRIGID K. This simplicity in the prosecution landscape reduces the complexity of managing multiple examiner interactions. The 1 pending office action suggests a controlled and deliberate pace for the company's current patenting activities. Having only 1 distinct art unit involved ensures that the prosecution remains within a specific technical domain.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYRD, BRIGID K | 1 | 71.4% | +46.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18882671 | METHODS FOR USING CERVICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND CERVICAL CONTROL DEVICES | BYRD, BRIGID 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18882671 | METHODS FOR USING CERVICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND CERVICAL CONTROL DEVICES | BYRD, BRIGID K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18882671 | METHODS FOR USING CERVICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND CERVICAL CONTROL DEVICES | BYRD, BRIGID K | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNovocuff, Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Brigid K Byrd has the most, with 1 of Novocuff, Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
