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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Scientific Motion Technologies Inc. has a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Currently, the portfolio shows 1 pending office action, which represents the entirety of its active prosecution before the USPTO. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a high level of concentration. This structure is typical for a company with a very specific technical focus or a portfolio that is in a focused stage of development.
The busiest examiner identified is MANGINE, HEATHER N, who is managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because this is the only pending action in the portfolio, the examiner's specific interpretation of medical device and mechanical engineering claims will be central to the company's success. The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technology is classified within a specific specialized group at the patent office. For legal counsel, this means that the prosecution effort is streamlined, requiring engagement with 1 distinct examiner and 1 set of art unit guidelines. This lack of complexity allows for a direct path through the examination process within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANGINE, HEATHER N | 1 | 47.1% | +65.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19370658 | GAIT MODIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | MANGINE, HEATHER N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19370658 | GAIT MODIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | MANGINE, HEATHER N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19370658 | GAIT MODIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | MANGINE, HEATHER N | 3732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialScientific Motion Technologies Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Heather N Mangine has the most, with 1 of Scientific Motion Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
