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
Orchid Holdings LLC is currently managing a patent portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company has 1 pending office action, which represents the entirety of its current active prosecution. This action is assigned to STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action. This focus suggests a targeted intellectual property strategy.
The administrative data shows that the portfolio involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit indicates that the company's current technical disclosures are being reviewed within a specialized group at the USPTO. With only 1 pending office action, the company's immediate success in the medical devices sector is tied to the resolution of this specific matter. The 1 distinct art unit involved highlights the technical niche where Orchid Holdings LLC is currently seeking protection.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 1 | 75.6% | +14.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864310 | A Syringe for Processing Fat Grafts and Related Methods | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864310 | A Syringe for Processing Fat Grafts and Related Methods | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18864310 | A Syringe for Processing Fat Grafts and Related Methods | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 3781 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialOrchid Holdings LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jacqueline F Stephens has the most, with 1 of Orchid Holdings LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
