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 • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Trudell Medical International Inc. currently has 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 pending office actions are being handled by 3 distinct examiners, providing a diverse set of reviews for the company's applications. The portfolio is active across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's medical device innovations are being evaluated by different specialized departments within the patent office.
ASHIMIU, MAUTIN ISAAC is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because the 3 pending office actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, the company must adapt its prosecution strategy to three different individual styles. While the workload is limited to 2 distinct art units, the presence of 3 distinct examiners means that the company's success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector depends on its ability to satisfy the specific requirements of each assigned official.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHIMIU, MAUTIN ISAAC | 1 | 51.1% | +48.9% |
| MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | 1 | 71.8% | +31.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18971984 | PORTABLE HOLDING CHAMBER | ASHIMIU, MAUTIN ISAAC | — |
| 18118297 | NASAL MASK WITH AROMATIC DISPENSER | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18971984 | PORTABLE HOLDING CHAMBER | ASHIMIU, MAUTIN ISAAC | — |
| 18118297 | NASAL MASK WITH AROMATIC DISPENSER | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18971984 | PORTABLE HOLDING CHAMBER | ASHIMIU, MAUTIN ISAAC | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18118297 | NASAL MASK WITH AROMATIC DISPENSER | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialTrudell Medical International Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Mautin Isaac Ashimiu has the most, with 1 of Trudell Medical International Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
