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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Resmed Motor Technologies Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, Ditmer, Kathryn Elizabeth, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The action is currently within a distinct art unit. This indicates a focused examination path for the company's current intellectual property assets.
With the distinct examiner involved, the portfolio's immediate outcomes depend on the requirements of this individual official. The alignment of the pending office action with the art unit suggests a specific administrative process. Practitioners should prepare for the review style of Ditmer, Kathryn Elizabeth, as all active work is centralized under this official. This concentration means the company does not have to navigate multiple departmental standards within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The administrative structure is defined by the examiner and the art unit assigned to the 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | 1 | 57.6% | +49.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18645877 | SINGLE STAGE, AXIAL SYMMETRIC BLOWER AND PORTABLE VENTILATOR | DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18645877 | SINGLE STAGE, AXIAL SYMMETRIC BLOWER AND PORTABLE VENTILATOR | DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18645877 | SINGLE STAGE, AXIAL SYMMETRIC BLOWER AND PORTABLE VENTILATOR | DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | 3785 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialResmed Motor Technologies Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kathryn Elizabeth Ditmer has the most, with 1 of Resmed Motor Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
