Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ventec Life Systems Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, showing that every active matter is being reviewed by a different examiner in a different administrative division. This complete distribution suggests that the company's current filings cover a variety of distinct technical features within the medical device sector, each falling under a different specialized examination category.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is ALBERS, KEVIN S, who is currently managing 1 pending office action. This represents a portion of the 3 pending office actions total for the company. With 3 distinct art units involved, the company must manage its prosecution across three separate sets of examination guidelines and administrative teams, as no single unit or examiner holds a majority of the current workload. This decentralized structure requires the company to be versatile in its prosecution approach, addressing the unique requirements of different examiners and art units simultaneously.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALBERS, KEVIN S | 1 | 25.4% | +50.4% |
| HOPKINS, ROBERT A | 1 | 84.5% | +7.6% |
| WOODWARD, VALERIE LYNN | 1 | 71.3% | +27.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18894300 | System and Method for Concentrating Gas | HOPKINS, ROBERT A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18855626 | HIGH FLOW THERAPY AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | ALBERS, KEVIN S | — |
| 18227436 | CONTROL SCHEMES FOR MECHANICAL COUGH | WOODWARD, VALERIE LYNN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18855626 | HIGH FLOW THERAPY AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | ALBERS, KEVIN S | — |
| 18227436 | CONTROL SCHEMES FOR MECHANICAL COUGH | WOODWARD, VALERIE LYNN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18855626 | HIGH FLOW THERAPY AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | ALBERS, KEVIN S | 3786 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18894300 | System and Method for Concentrating Gas | HOPKINS, ROBERT A | 1776 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18227436 | CONTROL SCHEMES FOR MECHANICAL COUGH | WOODWARD, VALERIE LYNN | 3785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialVentec Life Systems Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Kevin S Albers has the most, with 1 of Ventec Life Systems Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
