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
Pacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation is managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This prosecution is being handled by 1 distinct examiner. The company's current patent office activity is situated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a narrow technical scope for its pending intellectual property. This focus indicates that the foundation's medical device innovations are currently being reviewed by 1 distinct art unit within the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is FERNANDES, PATRICK M, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This examiner is managing the total volume of 1 pending office action for the foundation. Because the entire pending workload is concentrated with this examiner, the foundation's current legal strategy is focused on addressing the specific requirements of this individual. Practitioners should prepare for a detailed technical dialogue with FERNANDES, PATRICK M to advance this medical device application toward a final resolution at the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERNANDES, PATRICK M | 1 | 59.9% | +31.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18793712 | DEMENTIA-RELATED NEURODEGENERATION TRACKING USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) | FERNANDES, PATRICK M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18793712 | DEMENTIA-RELATED NEURODEGENERATION TRACKING USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) | FERNANDES, PATRICK M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18793712 | DEMENTIA-RELATED NEURODEGENERATION TRACKING USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) | FERNANDES, PATRICK M | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Patrick M Fernandes has the most, with 1 of Pacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
