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
Pratibha Vemulapalli has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This prosecution activity is handled by 1 distinct examiner, MENDEZ, KATHERINE H, and is located in 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for this portfolio is MENDEZ, KATHERINE H, who is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. The portfolio's current activity is entirely concentrated, with 1 pending office action being overseen by a single examiner.
In the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field, this indicates a very specific technical focus for the pending application. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution path is direct and centralized. The data shows that MENDEZ, KATHERINE H is the sole point of contact for the company's current pending matters, meaning the prosecution strategy is currently tied to this examiner's specific review process. This focused approach allows for a clear understanding of the examiner's requirements, but it also means that the success of the application is entirely dependent on the interaction with a single individual in a single art unit.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | 1 | 66.8% | +33.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18634059 | BIO-DISSOLVABLE SUTURING NEEDLE | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18634059 | BIO-DISSOLVABLE SUTURING NEEDLE | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPratibha Vemulapalli has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Katherine H Mendez has the most, with 1 of Pratibha Vemulapalli's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
