Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Stental GmbH currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 2 distinct examiners but only 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated prosecution landscape. The presence of 2 pending office actions suggests an active engagement with the patent office in this specific technical field.
DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 distinct examiners in total, the workload is split between different individuals within the same technical group. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the underlying technologies are closely related within the broader Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
The use of 2 distinct examiners for the current filings ensures that each matter receives individual attention. DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE remains a key figure in this process, overseeing 1 pending office action. This structure allows the company to address multiple technical facets of its medical device research while maintaining a consistent presence in a single administrative unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 1 | 48.1% | +45.2% |
| WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 1 | 61.0% | +39.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17785116 | MULTIPLE STENT WITH MEMBRANE | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 28d |
| 18838425 | ANCHORING SYSTEM FOR VASCULAR IMPLANTS | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17785116 | MULTIPLE STENT WITH MEMBRANE | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 28d |
| 18838425 | ANCHORING SYSTEM FOR VASCULAR IMPLANTS | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18838425 | ANCHORING SYSTEM FOR VASCULAR IMPLANTS | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 3774 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 17785116 | MULTIPLE STENT WITH MEMBRANE | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jun 14, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialStental GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Teresa Marie Dudden has the most, with 1 of Stental GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
