Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Pathogen Reduction Solutions Limited has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units and 2 distinct examiners. SHIRSAT, VIVEK K is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. This distribution indicates that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different examiner in a different art unit.
The involvement of 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions means that prosecution outcomes are independent of any single examiner's tendencies. Furthermore, the 2 distinct art units involved indicate that the company's medical device innovations span multiple technical classifications. Practitioners must be prepared to navigate the specific requirements of these 2 distinct art units. This decentralized structure requires a versatile strategy to address the specific requirements of each examiner and art unit.
With 2 pending office actions, the portfolio is active but manageable. The strategy appears to favor a broad approach, engaging with 2 distinct examiners to secure intellectual property rights. Because no single examiner handles more than 1 pending office action, the company must maintain consistent arguments across the 2 distinct art units to ensure a unified patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Success depends on navigating the diverse expectations of 2 different individuals.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | 1 | 74.3% | +27.9% |
| SPAMER, DONALD R | 1 | 59.4% | +32.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18723139 | DEVICE FOR ATTENUATING ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION | SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18254646 | AIR CLEANING SYSTEM | SPAMER, DONALD R | 16d |
| 18723139 | DEVICE FOR ATTENUATING ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION | SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18723139 | DEVICE FOR ATTENUATING ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION | SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | 3762 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18254646 | AIR CLEANING SYSTEM | SPAMER, DONALD R | 1799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPathogen Reduction Solutions Limited has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Vivek K Shirsat has the most, with 1 of Pathogen Reduction Solutions Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
