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
The Bet Exchange LLC has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, ERIC M THOMAS. THOMAS is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. The prosecution is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a singular technical focus for the company's current pending matter. This streamlined profile suggests a very specific area of innovation.
Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific examination standards of this single art unit and examiner. With only 1 pending office action, the company's current prosecution footprint is minimal. This centralized approach allows for a highly targeted strategy to address the concerns of ERIC M THOMAS. The success of the company's current intellectual property efforts in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector depends entirely on this single interaction. The focus on 1 distinct art unit indicates that the technology is clearly categorized within the USPTO's classification system. Practitioners should prioritize the feedback from this examiner to advance the company's patent application efficiently. This highly focused profile simplifies the management of the company's current pending inventory.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, ERIC M | 1 | 69.9% | +14.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18655984 | BET CONTRACT EXCHANGE | THOMAS, ERIC M | 11d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18655984 | BET CONTRACT EXCHANGE | THOMAS, ERIC M | 11d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18655984 | BET CONTRACT EXCHANGE | THOMAS, ERIC M | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialThe Bet Exchange LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Eric M Thomas has the most, with 1 of The Bet Exchange LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
