Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Zylox Tonbridge Medical Limited has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are both located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a narrow technical focus for the current applications. The company works with 2 distinct examiners to manage these cases.
ORKIN, ALEXANDER J is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action. With 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, each case is being reviewed by a unique individual. This 1 to 1 ratio between actions and examiners ensures that the company receives independent feedback on both of its pending matters.
The concentration of 2 pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit allows for a consistent technical approach to prosecution. However, the use of 2 distinct examiners means that the company must still account for 2 different individual preferences. For a portfolio of 2 pending office actions, this distribution provides a balance between technical consistency and examiner variety.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | 1 | 65.4% | +26.9% |
| LOUIS, RICHARD G | 1 | 74.7% | +17.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18921958 | ATHERECTOMY CATHETER WITH SHAPED DISTAL TIP | LOUIS, RICHARD G | 15d |
| 18924794 | OCCLUSION-CROSSING DEVICES | ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18924794 | OCCLUSION-CROSSING DEVICES | ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18921958 | ATHERECTOMY CATHETER WITH SHAPED DISTAL TIP | LOUIS, RICHARD G | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialZylox Tonbridge Medical Limited has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Alexander J Orkin has the most, with 1 of Zylox Tonbridge Medical Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
