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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Qtm LLC has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, concentrating the company's current prosecution efforts. The case is being handled within 1 distinct art unit, which specializes in medical devices and mechanical engineering. This single-case focus allows for a dedicated approach to the specific technical issues raised by the examiner.
SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT is the busiest examiner, responsible for the 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This single matter represents the company's entire pending portfolio. With only 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the company's immediate success at the USPTO depends on this individual's assessment. Practitioners should analyze the 1 distinct art unit to understand common rejection types for similar medical devices. The reliance on 1 distinct examiner means that the prosecution strategy is highly sensitive to that examiner's specific interpretation of the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 1 | 65.3% | +12.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18787699 | ARCHERY MOUNTING ASSEMBLY HAVING AN ADJUSTER | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18787699 | ARCHERY MOUNTING ASSEMBLY HAVING AN ADJUSTER | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18787699 | ARCHERY MOUNTING ASSEMBLY HAVING AN ADJUSTER | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 3711 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialQtm LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
John Elliott Simms Jr. has the most, with 1 of Qtm LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
