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
Septodont Holding maintains a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently has 1 pending office action. This activity is handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. These metrics indicate a focused prosecution effort within a single technical domain. The company's current patenting activity is not spread across multiple examiners or various departments of the patent office. This concentration suggests a highly specific focus for the company's current intellectual property development in medical engineering.
The busiest examiner for Septodont Holding is PRICE, NATHAN R, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This examiner has 1 busiest examiner pending case, which is the only pending action for the entire portfolio. This means that PRICE, NATHAN R is the sole official currently evaluating the company's patent claims. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technical merits of the filing are being judged by 1 specialized group. This concentration provides a unified environment for prosecution but also means the company's immediate patent prospects are tied to the specific review of this 1 examiner. The focus on 1 distinct examiner allows for a highly tailored communication strategy and consistent legal arguments.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRICE, NATHAN R | 1 | 53.4% | +38.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18552976 | CARTRIDGE RETAINING TRAY | PRICE, NATHAN R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18552976 | CARTRIDGE RETAINING TRAY | PRICE, NATHAN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18552976 | CARTRIDGE RETAINING TRAY | PRICE, NATHAN R | 3783 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSeptodont Holding has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nathan R Price has the most, with 1 of Septodont Holding's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
