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
Providence Medical Consulting Pllc is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This application is being reviewed within 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a highly focused technical scope for the company's current patent efforts. The involvement of 1 distinct examiner suggests that the company's prosecution experience is centralized under a single official. This concentration in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering may allow for a more streamlined communication process, as there is only 1 pending office action to manage.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is NICHOLS, CHARLES W, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. As the company has only 1 pending office action in total, the decisions made by NICHOLS, CHARLES W will have a significant impact on the current portfolio. The alignment of 1 distinct examiner with 1 distinct art unit ensures that the company can focus its legal strategy on the specific requirements of that unit. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the examination style of NICHOLS, CHARLES W, as this individual manages the company's 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICHOLS, CHARLES W | 1 | 55.8% | +54.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18606166 | CANNULATION SYSTEM | NICHOLS, CHARLES W | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18606166 | CANNULATION SYSTEM | NICHOLS, CHARLES W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18606166 | CANNULATION SYSTEM | NICHOLS, CHARLES W | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialProvidence Medical Consulting Pllc has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Charles W Nichols has the most, with 1 of Providence Medical Consulting Pllc's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
