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
Ridgeback Technologies Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is under the review of GEIGER, RACHAEL L, who is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. The portfolio's activity is confined to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. With 1 pending office action total, the company's current interaction with the USPTO is highly concentrated.
The fact that GEIGER, RACHAEL L is the only examiner involved allows for a focused prosecution strategy that addresses the specific requirements of a single art unit. This structure suggests that the company is not currently managing a high volume of simultaneous patent reviews. This allows the applicant to focus its resources on resolving the specific issues raised in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Practitioners should leverage this centralized workload to build a strong case for patentability with the assigned examiner. The outcome of this single matter will significantly impact the company's patent protection in its core technology area. By dedicating all resources to this one case, the company can ensure a high-quality response that addresses all examiner concerns. This focused approach is ideal for securing critical intellectual property rights with minimal administrative overhead.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEIGER, RACHAEL L | 1 | 82.3% | +18.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18266245 | BALLOON CATHETERS | GEIGER, RACHAEL L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18266245 | BALLOON CATHETERS | GEIGER, RACHAEL L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18266245 | BALLOON CATHETERS | GEIGER, RACHAEL L | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialRidgeback Technologies Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Rachael L Geiger has the most, with 1 of Ridgeback Technologies Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
