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
Sentry Laboratories LLC currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. This focus indicates that the company's current patent efforts are concentrated on this interaction within the patent office. The examiner assigned to this case is SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA, who holds 1 pending office action. Because there are no other active matters to balance, the outcome of this 1 pending office action will define the company's current progress in securing intellectual property.
The concentration of the portfolio under 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit simplifies the management of the prosecution. Practitioners can dedicate their efforts to understanding the specific requirements of SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. The stability of having 1 distinct art unit involved ensures a consistent administrative framework for the application. Practitioners should focus on the specific precedents and preferences of this 1 distinct examiner to move the application toward allowance, as their individual perspective is the determining factor in the current prosecution cycle. This singular focus allows for a highly targeted 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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | 1 | 50.4% | +27.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18409719 | Nasal Anchor | SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18409719 | Nasal Anchor | SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | 3795 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSentry Laboratories LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Christen Alicia Sharpless has the most, with 1 of Sentry Laboratories LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
