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
Outdoor Element LLC currently faces 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MACFARLANE, EVAN H, and is located within 1 distinct art unit. The portfolio shows a focused prosecution state with no distribution across various examiners or units. This concentration means that the company's entire active presence in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector is subject to the review of the assigned examiner. Practitioners should prepare for a focused interaction with the patent office, as the outcome of this matter will not be influenced by other concurrent applications.
MACFARLANE, EVAN H is the busiest examiner by default, holding the 1 pending office action. This relationship between the action, the examiner, and the art unit means the company's current prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the interactions within this environment. Practitioners can focus resources on the specific preferences and past allowance rates of this individual. Understanding the nuances of the 1 distinct art unit is critical, as there are no other active matters to provide comparative data. The outcome of this 1 pending office action will set the tone for the company's future filings in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACFARLANE, EVAN H | 1 | 50.7% | +42.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18441276 | SHEATH ASSEMBLY | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18441276 | SHEATH ASSEMBLY | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18441276 | SHEATH ASSEMBLY | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialOutdoor Element LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Evan H Macfarlane has the most, with 1 of Outdoor Element LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
