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 United States Department of Veterans Affairs currently has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit.
The busiest examiner, ROMERO, KRISTEN WANG, is responsible for 1 pending office action. With only 1 pending action in the portfolio, the department's current patent office activity is concentrated under this single examiner's oversight.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN | 1 | 70.3% | +19.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17043965 | System And Method For Percutaneous Removal Of Transcatheter Heart Valves | HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17043965 | System And Method For Percutaneous Removal Of Transcatheter Heart Valves | HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17043965 | System And Method For Percutaneous Removal Of Transcatheter Heart Valves | HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN | 3771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialThe United States Department of Veterans Affairs has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Mitchell Brain Hoag has the most, with 1 of The United States Department of Veterans Affairs's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
