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
Scienceforbrain Uab is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This active matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, which provides a single, focused channel for communication with the patent office. The prosecution is further localized within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the company's medical device technology is being evaluated within a specific technical framework. This concentrated arrangement simplifies the administrative burden of tracking multiple patent applications. The medical device area often requires a prosecution strategy that addresses both functional and structural claim elements.
The examiner ROBERTS, ANNA L is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing the 1 pending office action. Since there is only a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit involved, the company's immediate prosecution success depends entirely on the dialogue with this single official. This 1 to 1 ratio between the examiner and the pending workload allows the applicant to focus all resources on the specific issues raised in this 1 pending office action. The clear focus within the 1 distinct art unit facilitates a more direct path toward resolution, as there are no competing examiner preferences to manage.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTS, ANNA L | 1 | 55.7% | +39.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19048804 | NON-INVASIVE INTRAORBITAL AND INTRACRANIAL PULSE WAVE MONITOR | ROBERTS, ANNA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19048804 | NON-INVASIVE INTRAORBITAL AND INTRACRANIAL PULSE WAVE MONITOR | ROBERTS, ANNA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19048804 | NON-INVASIVE INTRAORBITAL AND INTRACRANIAL PULSE WAVE MONITOR | ROBERTS, ANNA L | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialScienceforbrain Uab has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Anna L Roberts has the most, with 1 of Scienceforbrain Uab's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
