Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
A-Dec Inc. maintains a patent portfolio focused on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, currently featuring 2 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating a diverse examination environment despite the small volume of pending matters. KRYCINSKI, STANTON L is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending action.
The presence of 2 distinct art units within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area shows that the company's intellectual property spans multiple specialized classifications. With 2 distinct examiners involved, the prosecution strategy is not concentrated under a single individual. KRYCINSKI, STANTON L manages 1 of the 2 total pending office actions, highlighting a balanced workload across the current examiner pool. This distribution suggests that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different examiner in a separate art unit, requiring the company to manage multiple distinct prosecution tracks simultaneously.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRYCINSKI, STANTON L | 1 | 68.4% | +28.1% |
| SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | 1 | 78.5% | +21.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18143029 | ELECTRONIC FLUID CONTROL IN DENTAL DELIVERY SYSTEM | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | 20d |
| 19055364 | DENTAL INSTRUMENT HOLDER AND EXPANSION PLATFORM | KRYCINSKI, STANTON L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18143029 | ELECTRONIC FLUID CONTROL IN DENTAL DELIVERY SYSTEM | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | 20d |
| 19055364 | DENTAL INSTRUMENT HOLDER AND EXPANSION PLATFORM | KRYCINSKI, STANTON L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19055364 | DENTAL INSTRUMENT HOLDER AND EXPANSION PLATFORM | KRYCINSKI, STANTON L | 3772 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 18143029 | ELECTRONIC FLUID CONTROL IN DENTAL DELIVERY SYSTEM | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialA-Dec Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Stanton L Krycinski has the most, with 1 of A-Dec Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
