Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ronbus Corporation has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. The portfolio also involves 1 distinct art unit. LEWIS, JUSTIN V is the busiest examiner and is responsible for 1 pending office action. The number of pending office actions is equal to the number of distinct examiners, which means each case is reviewed by a different person.
The 1 distinct art unit indicates that all Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings are concentrated within a single group. Practitioners must navigate the different examination styles of the 2 distinct examiners within this 1 distinct art unit. LEWIS, JUSTIN V handles 1 of the 2 pending office actions. The 1 distinct art unit will have specific technical standards for the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. This distribution allows for a focused prosecution strategy.
The Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area is the focus of these 2 pending office actions. Each of the 2 distinct examiners is associated with the 1 distinct art unit. LEWIS, JUSTIN V is the busiest examiner despite only having 1 pending office action. This structure requires the company to monitor separate timelines for each application. The 2 distinct examiners will provide individual feedback on the claims within the same technical group.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIS, JUSTIN V | 1 | 55.4% | +17.6% |
| DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | 1 | 55.2% | +30.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19243939 | PICKLEBALL PADDLE WITH REINFORCED CORE | LEWIS, JUSTIN V | — |
| 19117875 | PICKLEBALL PADDLE WITH REINFORCED EDGE | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19243939 | PICKLEBALL PADDLE WITH REINFORCED CORE | LEWIS, JUSTIN V | — |
| 19117875 | PICKLEBALL PADDLE WITH REINFORCED EDGE | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19243939 | PICKLEBALL PADDLE WITH REINFORCED CORE | LEWIS, JUSTIN V | 3711 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19117875 | PICKLEBALL PADDLE WITH REINFORCED EDGE | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | 3711 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialRonbus Corporation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Justin V Lewis has the most, with 1 of Ronbus Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
