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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tech Xika Ptt S L is managing 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. These 2 pending office actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners but are housed within 1 distinct art unit. Mirayda Arlene Aponte is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The presence of 2 distinct examiners within a single art unit means that while the technical standards remain consistent, the company must adapt to two different individual examination styles.
The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technical concentration for the company's current filings. Mirayda Arlene Aponte handles a portion of the workload, while the other examiner manages the rest of the 2 pending office actions. This structure allows for some comparison of examiner behavior within the same technical group. Practitioners can use the shared standards of the distinct art unit to predict how each examiner might apply prior art. The 2 distinct examiners ensure that the company's success is not entirely dependent on the preferences of a single individual, even within a concentrated technical area.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 1 | 63.1% | +21.1% |
| RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | 1 | 44.1% | +54.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19280804 | PROSTHETIC DENTAL SCREW IMPLANT, TIGHTENING TOOL AND COUPLING SYSTEM BETWEEN THE TWO | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19280804 | PROSTHETIC DENTAL SCREW IMPLANT, TIGHTENING TOOL AND COUPLING SYSTEM BETWEEN THE TWO | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | — |
| 19229470 | TRANSEPITHELIAL ABUTMENT | RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19280804 | PROSTHETIC DENTAL SCREW IMPLANT, TIGHTENING TOOL AND COUPLING SYSTEM BETWEEN THE TWO | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19229470 | TRANSEPITHELIAL ABUTMENT | RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialTech Xika Ptt S L has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Mirayda Arlene Aponte has the most, with 1 of Tech Xika Ptt S L's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
