Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
UMANO MEDICAL INC. has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 4 actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating a concentrated technical focus for the company's mechanical filings. The presence of 2 distinct art units for 4 pending office actions suggests that multiple matters fall within the same technical groups at the patent office.
The portfolio is reviewed by 4 distinct examiners, which is equal to the total number of 4 pending office actions. GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This one-to-one ratio means that every pending matter is assigned to a unique individual. With 4 distinct examiners, the company must manage 4 separate examiner relationships across the active cases.
Practitioners must manage 4 separate examiner relationships while navigating the requirements of 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL, handles 1 of the 4 pending office actions, reflecting a distributed workload despite the technical concentration. This requires a strategy that accounts for the individual preferences of 4 distinct examiners. The data shows that no single examiner has a dominant influence over the 4 pending office actions.
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.
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 | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 3 (60%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL | 1 | 71.4% | +41.3% |
| ORTIZ, ADAM C | 1 | 65.8% | +34.7% |
| DAVIS, AMELIE R | 1 | 65.1% | +33.2% |
| THROOP, MYLES A | 1 | 58.5% | +40.1% |
| GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA | 1 | 56.9% | +59.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19309754 | UPPER BODY DECK SECTION FOR A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS | GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL | — |
| 19109163 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A PATIENT IN A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS USING A CONTACTLESS SENSING DEVICE | DAVIS, AMELIE R | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18580248 | PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MATTRESS THEREFOR | GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA | 49d overdue |
| 19309754 | UPPER BODY DECK SECTION FOR A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS | GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL | — |
| 19237175 | COVER FOR A SUPPORT SURFACE | ORTIZ, ADAM C | — |
| 19109163 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A PATIENT IN A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS USING A CONTACTLESS SENSING DEVICE | DAVIS, AMELIE R | — |
| 19063416 | PATIENT SUPPORT SURFACE HAVING A PNEUMATIC CONTROL ASSEMBLY | THROOP, MYLES A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3673 | 3 |
| 3793 | 1 |
| 3679 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19309754 | UPPER BODY DECK SECTION FOR A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS | GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL | 3673 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19237175 | COVER FOR A SUPPORT SURFACE | ORTIZ, ADAM C | 3673 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19109163 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A PATIENT IN A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS USING A CONTACTLESS SENSING DEVICE | DAVIS, AMELIE R | 3793 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19063416 | PATIENT SUPPORT SURFACE HAVING A PNEUMATIC CONTROL ASSEMBLY | THROOP, MYLES A | 3679 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 18580248 | PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MATTRESS THEREFOR | GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA | 3673 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialUMANO MEDICAL INC. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 5 examiners.
George Samuel Gines has the most, with 1 of UMANO MEDICAL INC.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
