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
Sally Arrey has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is located in 1 distinct art unit and is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner. Kevin S Albers is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing the 1 pending action. This indicates a focused and singular prosecution effort within the medical device sector.
The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests a narrow technical scope for the company's active filings. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's immediate patent success depends entirely on the review of Kevin S Albers. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination tendencies of Kevin S Albers to advance this single pending action. This concentrated prosecution profile allows for a highly targeted strategy but lacks the risk mitigation provided by a more diverse examiner pool. Understanding the specific preferences of Kevin S Albers is essential for navigating the single pending office action effectively. The company must ensure its arguments are perfectly aligned with the standards of this single examiner to avoid potential delays in the 1 distinct art unit. This singular focus requires a high level of precision in all prosecution documents.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALBERS, KEVIN S | 1 | 25.4% | +50.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18826613 | MEDICAL SUPPORT BOOT WITH IMPROVED ANKLE AND HEEL PROTECTION | ALBERS, KEVIN S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18826613 | MEDICAL SUPPORT BOOT WITH IMPROVED ANKLE AND HEEL PROTECTION | ALBERS, KEVIN S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18826613 | MEDICAL SUPPORT BOOT WITH IMPROVED ANKLE AND HEEL PROTECTION | ALBERS, KEVIN S | 3786 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSally Arrey has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kevin S Albers has the most, with 1 of Sally Arrey's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
