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 Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas Sy has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. Such a focused prosecution profile indicates that the company's current activity at the office is highly specific and centralized within a single technical domain. This concentration simplifies the management of the portfolio, as there is only one set of art unit guidelines to follow.
LOUIS, LATOYA M is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 pending office action. Because this individual is the only examiner involved, the company can focus its resources on a single point of contact. This 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the company's active prosecution as shown in the current data. Having a single examiner means that the company does not need to reconcile different examination styles or conflicting interpretations of similar prior art.
With only 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner involved, the administrative complexity of the portfolio is minimal. The company does not need to navigate the varying procedural nuances of multiple art units. This 1 pending office action allows for a very direct and concentrated legal strategy. The focus on a single examiner and art unit ensures that the prosecution remains unified and efficient for this specific mechanical filing.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOUIS, LATOYA M | 1 | 52.3% | +40.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17769181 | ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE | LOUIS, LATOYA M | 12d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17769181 | ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE | LOUIS, LATOYA M | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Apr 14, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialThe Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas Sy has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Latoya M Louis has the most, with 1 of The Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas Sy's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
