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
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to TOWA, RENE T, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action. The portfolio's current activity is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. With 1 pending office action total, the center's current prosecution workload is highly centralized.
The involvement of only 1 distinct examiner, TOWA, RENE T, means that the immediate patenting goals for this portfolio are tied to the outcome of a single case. This focus within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the center is pursuing a specific technical path within the medical devices sector, requiring a targeted response to the examiner's findings. This streamlined environment can lead to more predictable prosecution timelines and a more cohesive patent strategy. Practitioners should note that this centralized approach allows for a more efficient use of resources when responding to USPTO communications. The successful resolution of this single pending matter will be a vital step in securing the center's intellectual property in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area. By focusing on the feedback from a single examiner, the center can ensure its patenting goals are met with precision and clarity.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOWA, RENE T | 1 | 49.5% | +17.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18331000 | Endoluminal Biopsy Tool | TOWA, RENE T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18331000 | Endoluminal Biopsy Tool | TOWA, RENE T | 3791 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialUniversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Rene T Towa has the most, with 1 of Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
