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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pro-Dex Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This application is assigned to a distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. The narrow scope of current activity suggests a highly specific prosecution phase for the company. The presence of 1 distinct art unit confirms that the pending work is localized within a specific technical division of the patent office. Practitioners should note that this concentration allows for a focused prosecution strategy.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because there is only a pending office action and a distinct examiner, the entire prosecution effort is focused on this specific interaction. Practitioners can expect a direct line of communication for the pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. This centralized structure allows for a focused approach to resolving the matter currently on file. The lack of multiple pending actions suggests that resources are fully dedicated to this specific case.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE | 1 | 68.5% | +31.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18984901 | SURGICAL TOOL ATTACHMENT DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18984901 | SURGICAL TOOL ATTACHMENT DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPro-Dex Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Maria Catherine Anthony has the most, with 1 of Pro-Dex Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
