Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Q'Apel Medical Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are both assigned to a single distinct examiner, SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS. This indicates a high level of examiner-specific concentration for the company's active prosecution matters. The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests that these medical device applications are being evaluated within a consistent technical framework at the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS, who is responsible for the company's 2 pending office actions. Because this official handles all current matters, the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the feedback and tendencies of this individual. Practitioners should focus on the specific preferences of this examiner and the standards of the single art unit involved to navigate the workload. This centralized examiner assignment means that any progress or delays in one application may likely be mirrored in the other pending matter within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering 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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 2 | 65.6% | +38.4% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18774818 | Tubular Structures with Variable Support | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | — |
| 18774776 | Tubular Structures with Variable Support | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18774818 | Tubular Structures with Variable Support | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 3783 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18774776 | Tubular Structures with Variable Support | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 3783 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialQ'Apel Medical Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Leah Jennings Swanson has the most, with 2 of Q'Apel Medical Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
