Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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
Universidad Carlos Iii De Madrid (Uc3M) currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, reflecting a highly focused prosecution effort. The university's current activity is situated within 1 distinct art unit at the USPTO.
ANDERSON, CATHARINE L is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. As the sole examiner involved, her evaluation will be the deciding factor for the university's current pending application. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the innovation is specialized within a specific mechanical engineering niche.
The presence of 1 pending office action indicates a streamlined interaction with the patent office. ANDERSON, CATHARINE L oversees 1 pending office action, which represents the entirety of the university's active workload. This focused profile allows the institution to dedicate its attention to the specific feedback and requirements of a single examiner and art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | 1 | 65.2% | +20.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18877590 | ANTI-REFLUX OSTOMY DEVICE | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18877590 | ANTI-REFLUX OSTOMY DEVICE | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | 3781 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialUniversidad Carlos Iii De Madrid (Uc3M) has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Catharine L Anderson has the most, with 1 of Universidad Carlos Iii De Madrid (Uc3M)'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.