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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Veir Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action defines the present scope of the company's interaction with the patent office. The focus on mechanical engineering suggests a portfolio centered on physical hardware or manufacturing processes.
The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner, Norman, Marc E. This examiner is also identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending action under their review. All activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated technical focus within the broader Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
The alignment of 1 examiner and 1 art unit for the 1 pending action suggests a highly specific prosecution path. Practitioners should analyze the specific tendencies of Norman within this single art unit to anticipate the trajectory of the application. The lack of additional pending actions or examiners simplifies the monitoring process for this portfolio.
Because Norman, Marc E is the sole reviewer, their individual preferences will be the primary factor in the outcome of the current filing. Legal teams should focus on the specific precedents and examination styles prevalent in the 1 distinct art unit involved. This streamlined structure allows for a very targeted legal strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORMAN, MARC E | 1 | 84.0% | +10.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19012630 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING OF SUPERCONDUCTING POWER TRANSMISSION LINES | NORMAN, MARC E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19012630 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING OF SUPERCONDUCTING POWER TRANSMISSION LINES | NORMAN, MARC E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19012630 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING OF SUPERCONDUCTING POWER TRANSMISSION LINES | NORMAN, MARC E | 3763 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialVeir Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Marc E Norman has the most, with 1 of Veir Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
