Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Ollivier Joal

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

Analysis

Ollivier Joal currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action represents the current scope of the company's active patent prosecution at the USPTO. The focus on medical devices suggests that the company's legal strategy is centered on securing rights for healthcare-related mechanical innovations.

The portfolio's activity is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This concentration indicates a streamlined review process, where the company's pending workload is subject to the oversight of a single individual within one technical division. For the practitioner, this simplifies the management of the portfolio as there are no conflicting examiner requirements to navigate across different units.

Letterman, Catrina A is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 pending office action total, this examiner is the sole point of contact for the company's current USPTO matters. Success in this portfolio depends on understanding the specific preferences and prior art interpretations of this one examiner to effectively advance the company's mechanical engineering interests.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LETTERMAN, CATRINA A 1 66.9% +30.8%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17919403 ADJUSTABLE DUMBBELL LETTERMAN, CATRINA A —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17919403 ADJUSTABLE DUMBBELL LETTERMAN, CATRINA A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3784 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17919403 ADJUSTABLE DUMBBELL LETTERMAN, CATRINA A 3784 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 17, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Ollivier Joal have?

Ollivier Joal has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Ollivier Joal applications?

Catrina A Letterman has the most, with 1 of Ollivier Joal's pending office actions.

What technology area are Ollivier Joal's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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