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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Origami Surgical Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, FREHE, WILLIAM R, who is also identified as the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The prosecution activity is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit.
The alignment of the pending matter with the assigned examiner and technical group suggests a focused prosecution footprint. Practitioners should note that FREHE, WILLIAM R handles the entirety of the current pending workload for this portfolio. This concentration within a single art unit and under 1 examiner allows for a consistent approach to the case, though it also means the outcome is dependent on the findings of a single individual. The current structure provides a stable technical environment for the prosecution of this specific matter. This arrangement simplifies the management of the portfolio's current pending actions and allows for a more predictable prosecution timeline.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREHE, WILLIAM R | 1 | 59.7% | +42.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18924352 | SURGICAL ELEMENT HOUSINGS, STRUCTURES, CONTENTS, AND ACCESSORIES | FREHE, WILLIAM R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18924352 | SURGICAL ELEMENT HOUSINGS, STRUCTURES, CONTENTS, AND ACCESSORIES | FREHE, WILLIAM R | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialOrigami Surgical Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
William R Frehe has the most, with 1 of Origami Surgical Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
