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
Vital Signals Inc. is currently focused on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, where the data shows 1 pending office action. This specific level of activity suggests that the company is pursuing a targeted patent strategy. For practitioners, this means the current prosecution efforts are concentrated on a specific set of claims within the medical device sector.
The administrative profile of this portfolio includes 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This ratio between the pending action and the examiner indicates a direct line of communication with the patent office. Because the prosecution is limited to 1 distinct art unit, the applicant only needs to navigate the specific procedural requirements of that particular department.
MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS is the busiest examiner for Vital Signals Inc., with 1 busiest examiner pending action currently assigned. As this examiner is responsible for the only pending matter, the outcome of the portfolio's current prosecution depends on the interaction with this individual. The applicant can focus their resources on addressing the specific feedback from this examiner to advance their interests in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 1 | 33.3% | +65.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18937625 | CONTINUOUS NONINVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18937625 | CONTINUOUS NONINVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18937625 | CONTINUOUS NONINVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialVital Signals Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Aaron Rogers Merriam has the most, with 1 of Vital Signals Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
