Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago has 3 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are assigned to 3 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units, indicating separate examination paths.
SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The even distribution supports matter-specific responses, with limited basis in the profile for applying one examiner's approach across the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 1 | 58.5% | +59.0% |
| SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | 1 | 34.3% | +32.7% |
| JANG, ELINA SOHYUN | 1 | 67.6% | +38.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18759670 | TRACHEOSTOMY ANTI-DISCONNECT SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | — |
| 18759244 | ASSISTIVE DEVICE WITH HYBRID CONTROL SYSTEMS | SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | — |
| 18658887 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING HYPERTONUS | JANG, ELINA SOHYUN | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18759670 | TRACHEOSTOMY ANTI-DISCONNECT SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | — |
| 18759244 | ASSISTIVE DEVICE WITH HYBRID CONTROL SYSTEMS | SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | — |
| 18658887 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING HYPERTONUS | JANG, ELINA SOHYUN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18759670 | TRACHEOSTOMY ANTI-DISCONNECT SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 3785 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18759244 | ASSISTIVE DEVICE WITH HYBRID CONTROL SYSTEMS | SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | 3774 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18658887 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING HYPERTONUS | JANG, ELINA SOHYUN | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialRehabilitation Institute of Chicago has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Paige Kathleen Bugg has the most, with 1 of Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
