Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 4 of 4 (100%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Periotech LLC currently has 6 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL is the busiest examiner for the company, handling 4 of the 6 pending office actions. This concentration means that a significant portion of the company's active prosecution is being managed by a single individual, which can lead to a more predictable outcome if that examiner's preferences are well understood.
For a practitioner, the fact that 4 actions are with RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL provides an opportunity to apply consistent arguments across those specific cases. However, the remaining actions are handled by 2 other distinct examiners, requiring some diversification of the prosecution approach. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the medical device technology may span different mechanical classifications. With 6 pending office actions, the portfolio requires coordination across the 3 distinct examiners to ensure consistency. The busiest examiner pending count of 4 highlights the central role of one individual compared to the other 2 distinct examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 3 (75%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | 3 | 44.1% | +54.4% |
| BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 1 | 58.5% | +59.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17746332 | METHOD FOR VERTICAL PERIODONTAL AUGMENTATION | RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | 23d overdue |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18652284 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OSSEOUS GRAFT CONVERSION | RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | 88d overdue |
| 17836381 | METHOD FOR VIBRATION ENHANCED ALVEOLAR AUGMENTATION | RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | 23d overdue |
| 17746332 | METHOD FOR VERTICAL PERIODONTAL AUGMENTATION | RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | 23d overdue |
| 17865010 | INTRAORAL APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SKIN LAXITY | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 3 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18652284 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OSSEOUS GRAFT CONVERSION | RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 88d overdue | AI Ready | May 01, 2024 |
| 17865010 | INTRAORAL APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SKIN LAXITY | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Jul 14, 2022 |
| 17836381 | METHOD FOR VIBRATION ENHANCED ALVEOLAR AUGMENTATION | RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | AI Ready | Jun 09, 2022 |
| 17746332 | METHOD FOR VERTICAL PERIODONTAL AUGMENTATION | RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | AI Ready | May 17, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialPeriotech LLC has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Luis Miguel Ruiz Martin has the most, with 3 of Periotech LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
