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
VIE, INC. currently manages a patent portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The presence of 1 pending office action indicates a focused prosecution effort. This single action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER BLAISE, who is also identified as the busiest examiner for the entity with 1 pending matter.
The alignment of this examiner across 1 distinct art unit suggests a narrow technical scope for the current filings. Because the entire pending workload rests with BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER BLAISE, prosecution outcomes for the portfolio are currently dependent on the specific tendencies of this official. With only 1 pending office action, the entity can maintain a highly targeted response 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 60.5% | +31.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18699709 | EARPHONE AND BIOMETRIC INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE | BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18699709 | EARPHONE AND BIOMETRIC INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE | BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialVIE, INC. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Bradford Christopher Blaise has the most, with 1 of VIE, INC.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
