Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Pentax Medical Corporation has 3 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are handled by 2 examiners within 1 art unit, creating examiner concentration in a common examination setting.
CAREY, MICHAEL JAMES is the busiest examiner with 2 pending matters. Counsel should examine those matters together for recurring treatment of medical-device claim features, while reviewing the remaining matter for any distinct examiner-specific issue.
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 (14%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAREY, MICHAEL JAMES | 2 | 83.4% | +11.9% |
| BOICE, JAMES EDWARD | 1 | 75.7% | +9.9% |
| HENDERSON, RYAN N | 1 | 63.9% | +18.7% |
| LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 1 | 47.9% | +40.6% |
| LEE, BENEDICT E | 1 | 87.8% | +13.1% |
| PAPE, ZACHARY | 1 | 72.5% | +19.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18293400 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER MODULE AND ENDOSCOPE | CAREY, MICHAEL JAMES | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19099947 | ENDOSCOPE | BOICE, JAMES EDWARD | — |
| 18881436 | BENDABLE TUBE FOR USE IN A SURGICAL DEVICE | HENDERSON, RYAN N | — |
| 18881443 | BENDABLE TUBE FOR USE IN AN ENDOSCOPE | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | — |
| 18696659 | PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT SYSTEM | LEE, BENEDICT E | — |
| 18850331 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR | PAPE, ZACHARY | — |
| 18293548 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER MODULE AND ENDOSCOPE | CAREY, MICHAEL JAMES | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18881436 | BENDABLE TUBE FOR USE IN A SURGICAL DEVICE | HENDERSON, RYAN N | — |
| 18881443 | BENDABLE TUBE FOR USE IN AN ENDOSCOPE | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | — |
| 18696659 | PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT SYSTEM | LEE, BENEDICT E | — |
| 18850331 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR | PAPE, ZACHARY | — |
| 18293400 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER MODULE AND ENDOSCOPE | CAREY, MICHAEL JAMES | — |
| 18293548 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER MODULE AND ENDOSCOPE | CAREY, MICHAEL JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 5 |
| 2665 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19099947 | ENDOSCOPE | BOICE, JAMES EDWARD | 3795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 18881436 | BENDABLE TUBE FOR USE IN A SURGICAL DEVICE | HENDERSON, RYAN N | 3795 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18881443 | BENDABLE TUBE FOR USE IN AN ENDOSCOPE | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 3795 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18696659 | PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT SYSTEM | LEE, BENEDICT E | 2665 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18850331 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR | PAPE, ZACHARY | 2841 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18293400 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER MODULE AND ENDOSCOPE | CAREY, MICHAEL JAMES | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18293548 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER MODULE AND ENDOSCOPE | CAREY, MICHAEL JAMES | 3795 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPentax Medical Corporation has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 6 examiners.
Michael James Carey has the most, with 2 of Pentax Medical Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
