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
Shengjing Hospital Of China Medical University operates within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio currently shows 1 pending office action. This action is distributed to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This configuration reflects a singular focus for the company's current patent office interactions.
RHODES, NORA W is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 pending office action. For the practitioner, this means that the 1 pending office action is subject to the specific examination style and history of RHODES, NORA W. Because the portfolio involves 1 distinct examiner, the company can focus its resources on the preferences of this individual rather than managing diverse perspectives.
The involvement of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the subject matter of the pending office action is confined to a specific technical niche within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This concentration simplifies the management of the portfolio, as the prosecution is not divided across art units. The current data reflects a targeted approach to patent acquisition, with all active prosecution consolidated under these specific designations.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHODES, NORA W | 1 | 54.9% | +24.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17119147 | THERMOPUNCTURE STENT IMPLANTATION DEVICE | RHODES, NORA W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17119147 | THERMOPUNCTURE STENT IMPLANTATION DEVICE | RHODES, NORA W | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialShengjing Hospital Of China Medical University has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nora W Rhodes has the most, with 1 of Shengjing Hospital Of China Medical University's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
