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
Robert Dowling currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single prosecution matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is being processed within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a highly localized and specific area of interest within the broader mechanical engineering field.
The busiest examiner for this profile is STEWART, ALVIN J, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. As the sole examiner involved in the current pending workload, the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the dialogue with this individual. Practitioners should focus on the specific examiner's past actions and requirements to navigate the 1 pending office action effectively.
The involvement of only 1 distinct art unit for the 1 pending office action simplifies the procedural landscape for the applicant. There are no competing examiner perspectives or differing art unit guidelines to manage. The entire prosecution effort is concentrated on the 1 pending office action under the review of STEWART, ALVIN J, allowing for a focused and efficient legal strategy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEWART, ALVIN J | 1 | 82.2% | +0.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18721082 | SUTURELESS ANASTOMOTIC CONNECTION DEVICE | STEWART, ALVIN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18721082 | SUTURELESS ANASTOMOTIC CONNECTION DEVICE | STEWART, ALVIN J | 3799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialRobert Dowling has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Alvin J Stewart has the most, with 1 of Robert Dowling's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
