Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Tractive Inc.

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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Tractive Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending matter. The current prosecution is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that the company's active workload is focused on a single technical matter within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.

Because there is only 1 pending office action, the company's immediate results depend entirely on this single application. MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN is the sole distinct examiner for the portfolio, and the work is confined to 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a specialized technical scope for the 1 pending office action. The prosecution strategy is centralized, as MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN oversees the only active matter for Tractive Inc. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of that 1 distinct art unit when addressing the 1 pending office action.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 1 7.9% +50.0%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18516074 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PET MOBILITY DETECTION MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 46d overdue

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18516074 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PET MOBILITY DETECTION MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 46d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18516074 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PET MOBILITY DETECTION MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 3791 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Tractive Inc. have?

Tractive Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Tractive Inc. applications?

Erin Kathleen Mccormack has the most, with 1 of Tractive Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Tractive Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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