Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Timpel Medical B.V. operates within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, where it currently faces 3 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners, suggesting that each pending matter is being handled by a different individual. This distribution provides the company with a variety of examiner perspectives, which can be beneficial for understanding different interpretations of the same technology area. However, it also requires the applicant to manage multiple separate prosecution tracks simultaneously.
Despite the variety of examiners, the portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a consistent technical focus for the company's patent applications and suggests that the reviewers are likely working within the same specialized group. SHAH, JAY B is identified as the busiest examiner, though they are only managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This distribution shows that no single examiner holds a majority of the current workload. Practitioners should note that while the individuals differ, the single art unit implies that a uniform set of examination standards and precedents will likely apply to all pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 + other | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAH, JAY B | 1 | 58.4% | +6.0% |
| BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | 1 | 50.2% | +54.9% |
| BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA | 1 | 20.0% | +63.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18347739 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ASYNCHRONOUS RESPIRATORY EVENTS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND COMPONENTS | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | 41d |
| 17766918 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A RESPIRATORY EFFORT OF A PATIENT | BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA | 56d |
| 18815688 | METHODS TO DETERMINE A PATIENT’S RESPONSIVENESS TO AN ALVEOLAR RECRUITMENT MANEUVER | SHAH, JAY B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18347739 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ASYNCHRONOUS RESPIRATORY EVENTS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND COMPONENTS | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | 41d |
| 17766918 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A RESPIRATORY EFFORT OF A PATIENT | BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA | 56d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18815688 | METHODS TO DETERMINE A PATIENT’S RESPONSIVENESS TO AN ALVEOLAR RECRUITMENT MANEUVER | SHAH, JAY B | 3791 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18347739 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ASYNCHRONOUS RESPIRATORY EVENTS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND COMPONENTS | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | 3791 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Jul 06, 2023 |
| 17766918 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A RESPIRATORY EFFORT OF A PATIENT | BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA | 3791 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Apr 06, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialTimpel Medical B.V. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
Jay B Shah has the most, with 1 of Timpel Medical B.V.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
