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
The Flume Catheter Company Limited has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, but they are both located within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the company is interacting with different individuals, the technical review is centralized within a single administrative division. This arrangement allows the applicant to focus on the specific examination guidelines of 1 unit.
MARCETICH, ADAM M is the busiest examiner for the company, holding the 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners in 1 distinct art unit, the applicant can look for consistency in the unit's approach to medical device technology. The prosecution strategy should account for the individual styles of the examiners while adhering to the overarching standards of the art unit. Practitioners can leverage this centralized oversight to ensure that arguments presented to MARCETICH, ADAM M are consistent with the technical expectations of the broader administrative group. This structure may lead to more predictable outcomes, as the shared environment of the art unit often results in a unified perspective on technical issues and prior art interpretation within the medical device field.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARCETICH, ADAM M | 1 | 72.8% | +18.8% |
| ARBLE, JESSICA R | 1 | 66.6% | +25.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18513525 | URINARY CATHETER AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | ARBLE, JESSICA R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19009814 | URINARY CATHETER | MARCETICH, ADAM M | — |
| 18513525 | URINARY CATHETER AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | ARBLE, JESSICA R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19009814 | URINARY CATHETER | MARCETICH, ADAM M | 3781 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18513525 | URINARY CATHETER AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | ARBLE, JESSICA R | 3781 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialThe Flume Catheter Company Limited has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Adam M Marcetich has the most, with 1 of The Flume Catheter Company Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
