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
Powell Mansfield Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action. The portfolio shows a singular focus in its current prosecution stage, with all activity directed through a single examiner. This arrangement minimizes the need for a broad strategy that covers multiple patent office departments.
The concentration of 1 pending office action under 1 distinct examiner means that the practitioner's primary task is to understand the specific tendencies of PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C. Since there is only 1 distinct art unit involved, the technical standards applied to the case are likely to remain consistent. This lack of examiner diversity simplifies the prosecution but also means that the portfolio's success is tied to a single relationship. The current state of the company patent portfolio reflects a targeted approach to securing intellectual property within the medical device sector.
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 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 1 | 56.6% | +46.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18990707 | METHODS TO IDENTIFY A PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IN PATIENTS | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18990707 | METHODS TO IDENTIFY A PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IN PATIENTS | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18990707 | METHODS TO IDENTIFY A PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IN PATIENTS | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 3794 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPowell Mansfield Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Catherine C Premraj has the most, with 1 of Powell Mansfield Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
