Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Translational And Fundamental Technologies Institute LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action currently assigned.
The data shows a one to one ratio for the 2 pending office actions and the 2 distinct examiners involved. Because these cases are also in 2 distinct art units, there is no overlap in the examination process. Each of the 2 pending office actions must be prosecuted as an entirely separate matter with no shared examiner or art unit context.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 1 | 83.0% | +12.2% |
| TRAN, LARA LINH | 1 | 16.7% | +90.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19388128 | DEVICES FOR KYPHOPLASTY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18228818 | COMPOSITE EMBOLIZATION BEADS | TRAN, LARA LINH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19388128 | DEVICES FOR KYPHOPLASTY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
| 18228818 | COMPOSITE EMBOLIZATION BEADS | TRAN, LARA LINH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19388128 | DEVICES FOR KYPHOPLASTY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 18228818 | COMPOSITE EMBOLIZATION BEADS | TRAN, LARA LINH | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialTranslational And Fundamental Technologies Institute LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Michelle Christine Green has the most, with 1 of Translational And Fundamental Technologies Institute LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
