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
Otomagnetics Inc. currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY, who is also the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action. Because the entire pending workload is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner, the company's prosecution strategy is highly dependent on the specific review style of this individual.
The portfolio's active prosecution is limited to 1 distinct art unit, which corresponds to the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests a focused technical scope for the company's current patent applications. For practitioners, this means there are no competing procedural requirements from different art units to manage at this time.
The presence of 1 pending office action across 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit indicates a very streamlined prosecution environment. DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY holds the only active case, making this examiner the primary point of contact for the portfolio's current USPTO interactions. This simplicity allows for a highly targeted approach to addressing the 1 pending office action currently on record.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18386765 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SHAPING MAGNETICS FIELDS TO ALIGN FORCES ON MAGNETIC PARTICLES FOR PATIENT ANATOMY AND MOTION | DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18386765 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SHAPING MAGNETICS FIELDS TO ALIGN FORCES ON MAGNETIC PARTICLES FOR PATIENT ANATOMY AND MOTION | DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialOtomagnetics Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ariana Joy Lacay Decastro has the most, with 1 of Otomagnetics Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
