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
University Hospital Southampton Nhs Foundation Trust currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is processed through 1 distinct art unit, which centralizes the examination process for the trust. The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner, creating a focused environment for legal correspondence and technical arguments. Because the entire pending portfolio consists of 1 action, the trust can dedicate its attention to the specific requirements of this individual case.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is KLEIN, BROOKE L, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This workload matches the total number of pending actions for the entire entity, ensuring a singular point of contact at the patent office. Having 1 pending action assigned to 1 examiner in 1 art unit minimizes the complexity of tracking multiple deadlines or varying examiner preferences. This activity allows for a focus on the specific requirements of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field during the current prosecution cycle. The alignment of 1 pending action with a single examiner and art unit suggests a streamlined path for this specific technology application.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLEIN, BROOKE L | 1 | 54.2% | +54.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19114099 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING DISEASE | KLEIN, BROOKE L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19114099 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING DISEASE | KLEIN, BROOKE L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19114099 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING DISEASE | KLEIN, BROOKE L | 3797 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialUniversity Hospital Southampton Nhs Foundation Trust has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Brooke L Klein has the most, with 1 of University Hospital Southampton Nhs Foundation Trust's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
