Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Sv Swissvortex AG has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's mechanical innovations are being reviewed in different specialized groups. The involvement of 2 distinct examiners means each case is being reviewed by a different person, allowing for independent assessment of the technical merits of each application.
MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. With 2 pending office actions and the distinct examiners, the workload is evenly divided, with the busiest examiner managing a portion of the cases. This distribution across 2 distinct art units and examiners requires the applicant to handle separate prosecution paths. The lack of concentration with a single examiner or art unit provides a level of diversification for the portfolio.
For a practitioner, the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering focus requires adapting to the specific requirements of the different art units. The 1 pending office action under the busiest examiner represents half of the active workload, making its outcome significant. The applicant must address the unique technical challenges and examiner styles present in each case. Coordinating these efforts is necessary to ensure that the company's broader mechanical strategy remains consistent across the distinct examiners involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH | 1 | 68.6% | +35.2% |
| RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | 1 | 63.5% | +59.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18266492 | INTRAVASCULAR BENDING OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS | MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH | 42d overdue |
| 18043197 | INTERVENTRICULAR SEPTUM PROTECTION | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18266492 | INTRAVASCULAR BENDING OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS | MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 18043197 | INTERVENTRICULAR SEPTUM PROTECTION | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSv Swissvortex AG has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Samuel Joseph Marrison has the most, with 1 of Sv Swissvortex AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
